So we Brits are no longer welcome on the Cellar? Is it now officially an American board? No discussion of topics affecting other countries? Shame you almighty alrighty alllwhitey allamericans couldn't apply this "not our problem" rule to a few more countries with "problems" eh? :p

Yeah, I was watching a show recently about people convicted, life sentences, spent many many years in prison...only to be proven undeniably innocent later. They spoke with a woman who was SURE SURE SURE that she had picked the right guy, to find out later it wasn't. The mind can play funny tricks in that arena. Luckily, he wasn't dead. Also, he forgave her.

No, no, no. Silly person.

Just that I did not think we should meddle in your affairs and tell you how you should or should not do things.:p

I went to see The Exonerated.

Yeah, okay, I only went to see it because Steve Pemberton was in it (and got Catherine Tate as well!) but I moved me profoundly. And confirmed my belief that an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. (Mahatma Ghandi and all that)

Monster, I don't think that comment was meant the way you took it, but don't you know there are no nationalities on the internet? We're all one glorious whole.

shame on you SG -you not see the :p?

:lol:

Not my business either -I don't live there anymore. I live in the US. US laws affect me. Of course I'm not allowed to affect them, but hey....... ;)

Yeah, I just wanted to get the Red Dwarf joke in one more time :)

PS - don't kill anyone, m'kay?

no killing? aaaaw, moooommmmm.....

I can so hear your crew saying that...

I have nothing against the death penalty if the convict pleads guilty.

Court-assisted suicide?

Or coerced confessions.

We had a case a couple of years ago with a guy who confessed to a murder he'd been implicated in. Turned out he was mentally ill. He later retracted his confession and eventually was cleared on appeal.

Yes but maybe he actually did do it, but because he's mentally ill he has a different perception of events...or maybe someone just told him to recant under the grounds of mental illness...or...or...or...

Anyway, I don't think you need capital punishment, and nor do we.

So there!

No he was cleared of the crime. There was other evidence which should have been brought up at the trial but wasn't. It was just too damn convenient to convict the guy who'd confessed.

Well, I was just playing devils advocate. ;)