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Originally posted by DanaC
.......Because it is disproportinately carried out against the killers of white people despite the murders of black people being just a smuch of a problem. .....Because it disproportinately affects black people .....Because it disproportinately affects those too poor to acquire good advocates.....
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The question is not race. That's a red herring. The question is, "did they do it?" We all know OJ did it, but he got away, even with overwhelming evidence. DNA doesn't lie. It can be altered to NOT look like who it is, but it cannot be altered to LOOK like who it ISN'T.
Are the poor folks guilty? Would you rather we give them a sleazy high-class lawyer like OJ's, so they can get away with murder?
Race and class aren't as much of a factor as people try to make them out to be, IMO. They seem to me to be just things brought in to cloud the issue.
I don't care WHAT color you are, I don't care how much money you have. If you're guilty, you should pay the penalty.
Sidhe
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