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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
If I ran the country-side, this guy would be shot military style in the back of the head, in front of an open pit to which Li's dead body would slump into. No trial, no muss, no fuss.
Psychos like that running around is the reason I keep my shotgun handy in my truck.
Can't we just exterminate all psychos??
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I am fairly sure that you are making this statement out of frustration and anger. However, most of the time the accused does not stand in a bus window with his victim's head in his hands. This is an easy one. But what about Milgaard? What about the other one whose name escapes me? (A list from wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_conviction#Canada
Both found to be innocent but once they are in the pit it is too late.
The Innocencee Project (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocence_Project) in the US has freed hundreds of people convicted on a wrongful basis. The new evidence is largely based on new DNA technology that proves they did not do it. Would you want to be the guy pulling the trigger when you know there is a significant chance the police made a mistake? The witness(es) made a mistake? The prosecution made a mistake? The defence counsel was incompetent or made a mistake? The judge made a mistake?
I don't think I would. Having said all that I do share your sentiment for the ones that are in fact guilty, but how do we know who the guilty ones are?