Benedict Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Pretty much everything that could have been was botched in the OJ Simpson investigation. Dr. Henry Lee has lost a lot of respect among forensic scientists; the president of the Forensic Science Society at my school flatly turned down an opportunity to have him speak there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesusSaves1000s Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 "If the glove don't fit, you must aquit." That was a total joke how O.J. wasn't putting the glove on the right way in the first place. Plus the blood on the glove shrinked it. The whole trial was a joke and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I suspect OJ was guilty, but I still respect the jury's decision. Maybe enough mistakes were made to create reasonable doubt. I didn't sit in that box for months, and for people to try to second guess a jury about things when they themselves have not, as one juror put it, "been lucky to get 3 hours of sleep a night" -- I just don't have much respect for people who disrespect a jury that serves their country to the best of their abilities. If Peterson is innocent, then he is one heck of an unlucky man. Either way, criminals deserve harsher punishments if they are going to serve in prison. I'm getting tired of the lashes with a wet noodle on the wrist that criminals get. I don't think our tax dollars should be paying for prisoners to sit around and drink kool-aid and play cards all day. It's like the liberal baloney of telling a child to "go sit in the corner and think about what you did." Riiiiight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 [quote name='J.R.D' date='Dec 13 2004, 08:38 PM'] I dont think he should get it... There is no "Hard" evidence that he did it so... where is this commin from? [/quote] My feelings about the death penalty are mixed, but regarding his guilt or innocence, I suggest you go sit on a jury for months like they just did, with very little sleep and a whole lot of pressure, listening to hours upon hours of evidence, sometimes tedious and monotonous, and then come back, and then you can go ahead and say just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 [quote name='crusader1234' date='Dec 13 2004, 08:04 PM'] Now, I know we're all in agreement (I think actually) about whether or not Scott Peterson did commit the crime... but what do you think aobut the punishment? I personally find the death penalty totally wrong in this case. He is not a dangerous person, and not a person that cannot be contained. [/quote] If you deliberately take an innocent human life, you forfeit your own. In this case he is convicted of taking TWO innocent lives. Why is this concept difficult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 [quote name='JesusSaves1000s' date='Dec 13 2004, 08:53 PM'] I think Peterson is innocent because a lot of people have been vouching for his innocence. Nobody vouched for O.J. Simpson's innocence because we all knew he commited the crime. It's sad how a killer like O.J. can get away, and an innocent man like Peterson can get wrongfully accused. There has been cases where they have executed innocent people to only find the real killer several days later, but oops it is too late. It's like in the movie Shawshank Redemption where Tim Robbins never killed his wife, it was that sick old man. Who here can play God? [/quote] A little bit of advice -- making references to Hollywood movies, especially ones based on pieces of fiction by prominent authors, really gives one's point of view on crime and punishment a lot less weight. Why not point out an actual case where this has happened, which I'm sure it has, instead of saying "It happens in the movies!" I don't mean to sound nitpicky and I understand what it is you're trying to say but don't bring Hollywood into it. Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R.D Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 CLOSE THIS THRED PLZ ... HE IS GANNA DIE SO PLZ CLOSE THIS THRED!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aluigi Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 ? 1st of all, because of the fact that there's so many people ahead of him in line in california, he's prolly more likely to die of old age (they procrastinate out there). 2nd, why would the thread be closed? if he committed the murder, it is a just action for the government to put him to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Dec 13 2004, 11:28 PM'] If you deliberately take an innocent human life, you forfeit your own. In this case he is convicted of taking TWO innocent lives. Why is this concept difficult? [/quote] You need to balance it with Church teaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I am. Church teaching AND natural law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aluigi Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Church teaching is simply that governments should consider mercy when there is a chance for the criminal to be contained. but no state execution of an actual murder could be considered murder or unjust. it could be unjust of a government to be unmerciful, but the actual execution is always deserved and just (when the person has in fact committed the murder) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagiDragon Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Dec 13 2004, 10:28 PM'] If you deliberately take an innocent human life, you forfeit your own. In this case he is convicted of taking TWO innocent lives. [/quote] well . . . yes we need to account for Church teaching, but her point remains quite valid: the guy deserves to die. Whether the state is merciful in this case is a completely separate issue. Peace, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oik Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 It's offensive to say that people from the south like the death penalty in general. Also, what does it matter what people in the south think about it? I don't live (nor was I born) in the South, but I did live there and I have great respect for southerners, please show yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don John of Austria Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Well here in texas most people ar e for the death penelty, but I don't see what that has to do with anything. I guess I am in the minority here, but i don'tthink Peterson should have been convicted on the paltry amount of physical evidence that there was. That doesn't mean he didn't do it, I have no idea if he did it, butthere was no where near enough evidence to convict him justly. As for the Death penelty, I don't think thatthat punishment is out of line with the crime, i just don't think He should have been convicted of the crime. I also think OJ was innocent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 [quote name='Oik' date='Dec 14 2004, 12:25 AM'] It's offensive to say that people from the south like the death penalty in general. Also, what does it matter what people in the south think about it? I don't live (nor was I born) in the South, but I did live there and I have great respect for southerners, please show yours. [/quote] I think they meant south of the Canadian border... I, in Minnesota, am south... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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