Illinois does away with death penalty...

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May 5, 2002
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Man, I'm watchin the Governer give a speach on tv right now (fox news of all places) but anyways, I can't even believe this is comin out a politicians mouth. He's actually talking about how fucked up the justice system is and how unfair the shit is. He talked about how blacks are more likely to get the death penalty, many times just based on someone's testimony, and also how rich people rarely get life sentences and the death penalty. Maybe there is some hope for this country if we get more leaders like him... I don't even know whether he's dem or rep or whatever but he was sayin some real shit...
 
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i just saw a article about this on yahoo, and i came here to start a topic on it. its cool that u saw it 1st. im from illinois, and its a bad place! they house the worst criminals there, they got mob bosses, gang leaders, etc. but what i came here for was that who are we(humans) to judge ppl? we have no right to do that. we have no rite to say "u r gonna die cuz u did this and that" thats messed up. i believe that those ppl will get theirs in the end. im sorry to turn this into a "god" post, but think aobut it, we r not supossed to judge another, and not kill each other, so why do we combine the two together?? im not sayin to let bad ppl run free, but we dont have the rite to kill them for there wrong doings. and prison shouldnt be just 12 hours of hard labor and then 12hours of lock down, why not make them do something good, like learn from their mistakes, and educate them, thats why most ppl go to jail, they are uneducated and drugs and jealousy rule thier world, if they want a change them education is the key.
 
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NM, I miss interpreted, they still have the death penalty, he just made it so the people currently on death row are now life without paroll. The death penalty is a voter issue if I remmember right...
 
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lol, o well, he was right on with this issue, quite liberal on this issue actually. I dunno how the rest of his politics are but he gets kudo's for speaking out on this...
 
Apr 26, 2002
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Goes to show you that you can't side democrat or republican 100% if your going off what the media wants to show you, I think most politicians are crooked as fuck but I think theres a few good ones out there like this dude.