Another shooting. A black man shot dead after being cleared from prison

[davmat787]

Let's assume it was a Drug Deal gone bad. That just adds more reason to legalizing Drugs. I have never heard of a Grocery Deal going bad, after all.

Admittedly a fairly weak analogy, but whatever.

I was overcharged for two large parsnips today, grocery deal gone bad yo! Of course I had recourse.

 

[xaero999]

Let's assume it was a Drug Deal gone bad. That just adds more reason to legalizing Drugs. I have never heard of a Grocery Deal going bad, after all.

Admittedly a fairly weak analogy, but whatever.

Bad argument, isn't it?
Drugs are illegal because of abuse. Drugs do harm.
If we'd live in a starving world we had not only drug-related crimes but bread-related or sausage-related crimes too.

 

[alien42]

Bad argument, isn't it?
Drugs are illegal because of abuse. Drugs do harm.
If we'd live in a starving world we had not only drug-related crimes but bread-related or sausage-related crimes too.

i am confident that eating sausage is more harmful than intaking THC.

so why again are sausages legal while mj is not?

 

[Hugo Drax]

and Benghazi

And Clinton UBS special tax deal for donations to the Clinton foundation. Don't forget that one.

 

[werepossum]

He hadn't actually been awarded anything yet, the $200k was a loan. But his claim was for millions.

Okay, thanks. That is much better.

And his son via the estate gets to continue with the lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment, with any applicable awarded damages minus costs going to him.

Once again citizens get to pay for government mistakes, and rarely are those responsible for the costly mistakes held accountable.

One of several reasons why LEO's should have to carry the equivalent of malpractice insurance.

None of this negates the fact he deserved one hell of a settlement and I hope his son collects and uses it wisely. If it was me I'd begin with a nice donation to the innocence project, which has used DNA technology to prove and release hundreds of convicted prisoners.

Of course citizens pay for government mistakes; government is (presumably anyway) working on our behalf. But you have a good point. Every time an innocent person is freed, there should be an independent and thorough investigation as to how that happened. I'm not saying that happened here, but it isn't terribly unusual to find that prosecutors or cops have "forgotten" to include exculpatory or mitigating testimony or evidence at discovery, or have done things like delaying everything and then dumping it all at once late in the game, complete with multiple copies to increase the size of the pile. Overt dishonesty is rare, but that too happens, and rare is cold comfort to the man who spends seventeen years falsely imprisoned. If it's truly just honest mistakes, fine. If the system broke down, identify that particular problem and fix it. If it's incompetence of malfeasance, identify that and take the appropriate action. Otherwise we will have more innocents imprisoned and corrupt officials who should be imprisoned remaining free.

Let's assume it was a Drug Deal gone bad. That just adds more reason to legalizing Drugs. I have never heard of a Grocery Deal going bad, after all.

Admittedly a fairly weak analogy, but whatever.

If we are going to assume something, let's just assume he was a victim of armed robbery. After serving seventeen years for a crime he did not commit, I believe he has earned the benefit of the doubt.

 

[nickqt]

i am confident that eating sausage is more harmful than intaking THC.

so why again are sausages legal while mj is not?

Saturated fat isn't inherently bad for you.

Nor, of course, is THC.

 

[JSt0rm]

And Clinton UBS special tax deal for donations to the Clinton foundation. Don't forget that one.

Lets hold that one for the main election... :sneaky:

 

[Dannar26]

Too bad there isn't a political subforum with actual rules-rules of being civil. I'd rather post there, since 2/3 of the posts I see aren't worth replying to as they're either irrelevant sniping or dismissive off the bat.

Agreed. But if P&N is any indication, it would be a full time gig to moderate.

 

[cabri]

Agreed. But if P&N is any indication, it would be a full time gig to moderate.

The powers that be do not want this.

The Discussion Club does not get political.

Mods previously trying to keep P&N civil were cut down.