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That's like the guy that shot the wheel on his car cause it wouldn't come off... Rednecks + guns = baaaaad
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Yeah, but still, $11k in fines? He has a point, it *was* his lawnmower. I mean I know there are don't-shoot-in-the-city laws and he had an illegal type of weapon, but really, that seems excessive seeing as no one was hurt and the only property damaged was his own.
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I suppose this falls under the same laws like a prohibition of sex toy's (except for medical purposes) in a certain town or how you can't shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley in San Francisco.
Food for thought.
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Did you know that it is a written law in New York State that the penalty for jumping off of a building is death? It is a law seldom enforced though...
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I believe it stems from some 18th century gentlemen's law, but now, jumping off of a building normally already means death. Kinda like how you can't shoot a rabbit from a trolley in San Francisco. Do they even have many rabbits there?
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They have many rabbits everywhere, really, don't they?
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This is why I hate appeals courts. A fucking rapist can draw out his life by claiming stupid shit like this. Can the judge dismiss it as frivolous or no?
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I really despise keeping people on death row for so many years. If someone has committed a crime so heinous that they are given a death sentence, get it over with already! Don't even keep them overnight, just march them right over to the chair. I really don't know how the lawyers managed to muck things up so much over the years.
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quote:Originally posted by B.J.: Kinda related, but anyway.....
I really despise keeping people on death row for so many years. If someone has committed a crime so heinous that they are given a death sentence, get it over with already! Don't even keep them overnight, just march them right over to the chair. I really don't know how the lawyers managed to muck things up so much over the years.
Yes, fuck appeals.
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I think appeal courts should give appeals...quickly. Force that right to a speedy trial And a judge should be able to review appeals before they go to trial and dismiss fucking silly ones like this.
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I think people on trial for murder should be tried while sitting in the electric chair. Now that's speedy.
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And then, if it turns out later that the person was innocent, we summarily execute the judge, jury, prosecutors, and executioners, right?
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And a judge should be able to review appeals before they go to trial and dismiss fucking silly ones like this.
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