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𝓙𝓪𝓼𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓦𝓸𝓵𝓯𝓮's avatar

Your reading comprehension sucks🤣🤡

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Lance Khrome's avatar

One comprehends only that which one wishes to comprehend.

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𝓙𝓪𝓼𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓦𝓸𝓵𝓯𝓮's avatar

Well, that's certainly true but this guy is just trolling. He's an "independent thinker" 🤣

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Ray's avatar

My moral compass works just fine, as opposed to yours. If the man is guilty, that's all that matters. Endless appeals are an attempt to delay justice. This is plain to see. Again, two courts found him guilty. His appeals have been repeatedly denied. He is not suffering any injustice. Mental illness does not undo evil actions. Many argued Hitler had mental problems,, should we view his crimes as any less evil?

You pretend to be an "intellectual" by getting hung up on what the lawyers defending that man claim. You sound like you're the type of person who would gladly agree with letting a terrorist walk free over some technicality. The Supreme Court justices are much more qualified than any of us to make a call in the matter, and they have. Now the man has received justice.

It is amazing how you leftists immediately resort to insults.

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Joe's avatar

"If the man is guilty, that's all that matters."

I'm unsure what this means. A tiny number of murderers (even in Texas) are executed. The Supreme Court and state law generally narrows things. Mere guilt is not enough.

Mental illness is one thing that mitigates guilt in our law. It is a factor (not the only one) used here to judge that he is not worthy of execution. He is being punished. He has been in prison for over 30 years so far. This is "justice" in the eyes of many.

The analysis flagged the injustices, including executing him using a standard of dangerousness (the reason he was sentenced to die, not his mere guilt) that the courts have deemed invalid. There was also a problem flagged with how the jury determined he warranted death. A juror misunderstood the instructions.

Yes, like many people, there is a belief here the courts were wrong. And, this specific case, not every single one, had specific red flags. No name calling here. No appeals to Hitler or pure abolitionism. This specific case has issues.

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Joe's avatar

He was executed but I'll pretend we are talking about when this post was first published.

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Eric Engle's avatar

YGWYFD?

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