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Originally posted by Mobycat:
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Originally posted by Bobby B.:
[b]Bottom line -- fuck those guys.

I'm so tired of these assholes on death row receiving more legal and societal considerations than their victims. How about the people leading this legal fight put the victim's needs first, for a change.
You mean like Curtis McCarty ?

21 years on death row - exonerated because DNA proved he didn't do it.

I'm not saying this happens all the time - it is rare. But we're talking about killing someone for a crime. This is final. You have to be absolutely 100% sure about it. There is not taking it back once it's done.[/b]
Very true, it cannot be undone. And there will, most likely, be more exonerations due to DNA testing.

But geez, spending 21 years on death row? How many people are out there spending decades on death row? How many of those victims are put through the ringer time and time again to relive things, only to watch people convicted of horrible crimes -- crimes strong enough to warrant a death penalty verdict -- continue to take advantage of a system that, IMHO, is in desperate need of an overhaul?

Arguments for or against the death penalty aside, how about a little more effort on behalf of the victims?