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Post by Royd on Mar 9, 2009 11:52:49 GMT -6
I was going to write a thread on the topic of pen pals, asking why do people write to inmates on death row, and serious category prisoners. Don't get me wrong, for some in the general prison population writing to people is an important part of rehabilitation into society, and I support that. OTHERS, I do not support the practice and found an old article that underlines why some should never be written to. www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/06/44439?currentPage=all
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Post by Californian on Mar 9, 2009 12:11:12 GMT -6
Dowthitt: 11 years of proclaiming innocence and then a confession on the gurney.
What a surprise. ;D
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Post by Royd on Mar 9, 2009 12:20:42 GMT -6
It's his son that also deserves special attention, he comes up for parole from time to time, and thankfully the applications are denied.
He did nothing to deserve any consideration, his actions were as follows.
1. Do as daddy told him 2. Brag about it to friends 3. Deny it all 4. Blame others 5. Tout for pen pals
... and so on.
NO REMORSE, no nothing.
By rights he should have also been executed.
He had his chance, he could have attacked his monster dad and become an instant hero.
He MURDERED, and his actions after say he should NEVER be released let alone be allowed people writing to him.
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Post by Tracy on Mar 10, 2009 20:00:03 GMT -6
What a good article thanks for posting.
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Post by mst3k4evur on Mar 14, 2009 23:37:09 GMT -6
Dowthitt: 11 years of proclaiming innocence and then a confession on the gurney. What a surprise. ;D Dowthitt, the man whose own daughters wanted him dead.
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Post by Grey on Mar 15, 2009 17:05:45 GMT -6
"Hundreds of death row inmates have turned to the Internet in an effort to spare their lives."
Funny how they get to use the internet to spare thier lives when their victims couldn't turn to the internet.
If someone is going to be a POS and kill somebody then STFU and take your sentence. I have no respect or symapthy for those on DR who can't handle what they dished out.
Karma's a bytch isn't it?
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Post by The Tipsy Broker on Mar 15, 2009 17:36:27 GMT -6
These scumbags have internet access my flabber is truly ghasted
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Post by Felix2 on Mar 15, 2009 17:39:10 GMT -6
"Hundreds of death row inmates have turned to the Internet in an effort to spare their lives." Funny how they get to use the internet to spare thier lives when their victims couldn't turn to the internet. If someone is going to be a POS and kill somebody then STFU and take your sentence. I have no respect or symapthy for those on DR who can't handle what they dished out. Karma's a bytch isn't it? I frankly dont understand your comments. You assume that all on death row are guilty merley by the fact they are there. Whilst I agree that the vast majority are, I think its naieve in the extreme to assume all of them are. There is every likelyhood that some, however few that may be, are indeed innocent. Its frankly unrealistic tom assume those that are known about and released account for all of them. Right now both the uS and UK are undergoing investigations into use of torture in the current war against detainees. It has huge implications for lots of other areas, not least that these same leaders in the case of the US, appear to not want to be transparent, - now I wonder why? And these same leaders are the ones who offer the DP to the population and allow its use when in some cases there is not irrefutable proof. Perhaps you dont think that innocent american lives are important as long as the number is few.?
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Post by Grey on Mar 15, 2009 19:30:48 GMT -6
"Hundreds of death row inmates have turned to the Internet in an effort to spare their lives." Funny how they get to use the internet to spare thier lives when their victims couldn't turn to the internet. If someone is going to be a POS and kill somebody then STFU and take your sentence. I have no respect or symapthy for those on DR who can't handle what they dished out. Karma's a bytch isn't it? I frankly dont understand your comments. You assume that all on death row are guilty merley by the fact they are there. Whilst I agree that the vast majority are, I think its naieve in the extreme to assume all of them are. There is every likelyhood that some, however few that may be, are indeed innocent. You took it out of context. When referring to a POS murderer I am referring to someone who is actually a murderer as in the example posted of a man who claimed is innocene until his final statement before reciving the LI. I don't deny that there aren't people on DR, or serving LWOP or serving any crime for that matter, hence the innocence project. However in this particular post and the majority of my posts when I talk about the DP and murderers I am referring to those who have actually killed people. Canada is a perfect example of putting innocent people in jail and on DR before it was abolished. I don't deny that. Also, I am not one of the pros that think having an innocent person executed is fair in order to support the punishment of murder. On the contrary, if an innocent person is executed that would be murder, and seeing as how I am against the unlawful killing of a human being (the unlawful part being a person wrongfully convicted) it would make your last statment void in my case. But again, in this particular statement I was refering to someone who is guilty of murder. And if there is someone on DR who is innocent, most likely a reputable website such as the innocence project would gladly advocate on behalf of that prisoner. I have never denied the fact in past posts that someone may be innocent-nor have I ever condoned an innocent person being executed. But as my post stated, if someone(Roger Coleman) is going to be a POS and kill somebody(Wanda McCoy), meaning that, this individual person(Coleman) who goes out and kills someobody(McCoy) and then decides to play the innocent game even though they are truly guilty to avoid their own death should STFU(Coleman). I used a case example to verify.clarify my point.
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Post by Elric of Melnibone on Mar 16, 2009 12:50:40 GMT -6
Or mcguinn, who murdered his stepdaughter after he raped her. He wanted a DNA test and got a stay and the test. And it PROVED it was him. DNA may bave freed some people from prison, but it has confirmed at least as many, if not more.
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