US Politics April: A Series of Fantastically Bad Ideas

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FourLeaf: Dec 2, 2011

SubponticatePoster posted:

What I read specifically said they never contested their guilt, at least implying they were like "yeah we did this we just don't want to be executed in a lovely manner." Now the original article I read has been sort of cannibalized by the update and the details aren't there or I would post them.

I'm aware of the DuPont case and if we actually had a *justice* system and not just a penal system he'd be in the same place as Warner.

Every article I read about these two before today specifically mentioned that the man convicted of raping the 11 month old maintained his innocence throughout, so I assume them "not contesting their guilt" is because appealing that way was faster/more likely to result in postponement.

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FourLeaf: Dec 2, 2011

FAUXTON posted:

Man found guilty of murder after killing two kids who broke into his house.

Oh but you see he was clearly looking to kill someone with his gun and hoping someone broke in so he could gun them down. Totally different from chasing someone through your neighborhood or shooting someone in the face through your screen door because you see those other guys deserved it.

Holy poo poo that guy is loving crazy :stare:

quote:

Prosecutors said Smith's plan was set in motion on the morning of the killings, after Smith saw a neighbor whom he believed responsible for prior burglaries drive by. Prosecutors say Smith moved his truck to make it look like no one was home, and then settled into a chair in his basement with a book, energy bars, a bottle of water and two guns.

Smith also set up a hand-held recorder on a bookshelf, which captured audio of the shootings, and had installed a surveillance system that recorded images of Brady trying to enter the house.

The audio, which was played several times in court, captured the sound of glass shattering, Brady descending the basement stairs and Smith shooting Brady three times. Smith can be heard saying, "You're dead." Prosecutors said Smith put Brady's body on a tarp and dragged him into another room, then sat down, reloaded his weapon and waited.

About 10 minutes later, Kifer came downstairs. More shots are heard on the recording, then Kifer's screams, with Smith saying, "You're dying." It's followed soon after by another gunshot, which investigators said Smith described as "a good, clean finishing shot."

The teens were unarmed, but Smith's attorneys had said he feared they had a weapon.

The tape continued to run, and Smith was heard referring to the teens as "vermin." Smith waited a full day before asking a neighbor to call police.

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FourLeaf: Dec 2, 2011

More meat for the Machine :unsmigghh:

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/29/3432433/tennessee-criminalize-pregnant-women/

quote:

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) has approved a measure that will allow Tennessee to bring criminal charges against pregnant women who use drugs for potentially harming their fetuses, even though there isn�t conclusive scientific evidence that being exposed to illicit drugs in the womb causes long-term harm to children.

The governor�s approval of the legislation comes despite a massive outcry from reproductive rights and criminal justice groups across the country, who say that criminalizing pregnant women is the wrong policy approach. Threatening to bring charges against women who are struggling with substance abuse dissuades them from coming forward to seek the medical treatment they need. It�s also a policy that disproportionately harms low-income and non-white women.

�Today, the Tennessee governor has made it a crime to carry a pregnancy to term if you struggle with addiction or substance abuse,� Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, a staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, said. �This deeply misguided law will force those women who need health care the most into the shadows. Pregnant women with addictions need better access to health care, not jail time.�

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FourLeaf: Dec 2, 2011

GulMadred posted:

If we implemented this thing nationwide tomorrow, your tax bill would go down. Stop opposing it out of blind stubborn stupidity.

That's giving him too much credit. This is a case where Hanlon's razor is incorrect.

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