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Muhammed found guilty of DC Sniper charges

Nov 17, 2003 1:52AM PST

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Good,I hope he frys...............
Nov 17, 2003 2:42AM PST

I'll be watching at 2:30 when the penalty phase begins.

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(nt) bullet be better
Nov 17, 2003 8:29AM PST

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I'm curious, Tony...
Nov 17, 2003 11:16AM PST

Tony, I think he will get the death penality, and from what I've seen the vast majority of Americans favor that.
If that happens, I'll be curious to see what happens. I have noticed some posts that indicate that the poster is against the death penalty. It would seem to me that if such an objection were truly based on a moral view, they would object to the death penalty in this case, although it would be a quite unpopular view. If there is no objection, I couldn't help but think that previous objection to the death penality might have been based on political and/or self-serving reasons.
This is an interesting case in that way, this one is so emotionally charged that no one, not even the most activist person, even tried to play the "race card" in the trial or public media coverage of it. It's easy to voice a moral view and possibly imply superiority when it's a popular view. The true test of a moral stand might be sticking to it when it's an unpopular one.

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Re:I'm curious, Tony...
Nov 18, 2003 12:30AM PST

Hi J:

Those opposed to the death penalty on moral grounds may also simply choose not to comment. I don't think that automatically says anything about the basis of their views.

I also found it interesting (and refreshing) that nobody tried to play the race card in this case. Perhaps that was because the victims were of more than one race. Another angle that was pretty much ignored by the press was the nature of the relationship between Muhammed and Malvo. Nobody seemed to want to go there.

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Question for you re: executions
Nov 18, 2003 12:38AM PST

When they have someone on the table and are prepping him for the lethal injection, why do they swab his arm with alcohol first?

Happy

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(NT) such things always did seem a bit silly, don't they?
Nov 18, 2003 8:57AM PST

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Re:Muhammed found guilty of DC Sniper charges
Nov 17, 2003 9:25AM PST

Someone that truely deserves to face the firing squad and we'll probably end up supporting him for life. Sad

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Re:Re:Muhammed found guilty of DC Sniper charges
Nov 17, 2003 12:12PM PST

hopefully if he gets life he will be put in the general poulation where he will find a pointed end of a shiv in his heart