It's not a question of faith

Date: 2011-07-25 12:35 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ed_rex
No worries on the delay; I understand all too well that life happens.

As I said: Everything was accurate. It wasn't Oswald's fault that he survived the death penalty. And in the US system, you can't be tried twice for the same crime, let alone sentenced twice for the same crime. He survived his sentence, you might not like it, might not buy it, but that's how the system works. He wasn't sentenced to 'life in prison' he was sentenced to the Death Penalty. He served his time, as it were.

Well, yes, but I would argue that since he didn't die, he didn't serve his time/sentence and I'm sure there would be a lot lawyers who would be happy to put that argument into legalese. I don't know enough about U.S. (or any other) jurisprudence to predict the ultimate outcome of such a case, but I do know enough to be convinced the man wouldn't be walking the streets 24 hours later.

So it's the timing, I'm objecting to, not the basic concept.
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