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RandomNumbers

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3. The problem with the DP isn't when they get it right,

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Jun 1, 2024, 02:46 PM

Jun 2024

it's that it can be gotten wrong - and not fixed until after an innocent person is executed. (and weirdly, this tends to happen more often if that innocent person is the wrong shade of tan.)

There are certainly other reasons against using the DP (such as the effect on the others involved in the process); but the risk of executing the innocent is what should make it a no-go, period.

I haven't gotten into the details of what this cretin did, but I did hear it was pretty awful.

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Chad Daybell sentenced to death by jury in the murders of Tylee Ryan, JJ Vallow, and Tammy Daybell [View all] catbyte Jun 2024 OP

This whole thing was just so damned tragic. Lunabell Jun 2024 #1

Such crazed darkness, their story is a black hole... al bupp Jun 2024 #2

The problem with the DP isn't when they get it right, RandomNumbers Jun 2024 #3

If they are going to keep the DP, multigraincracker Jun 2024 #4

I have been avidly following this case because it was so bizarre and just when you thought Scrivener7 Jun 2024 #5