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Should TN honor this request from a "Dead Man Walking"?

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by e_andree, May 10, 2007.

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Should it have been granted?

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    Should TN honor this request from a "Dead Man Walking"?

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/08/workman.execution/index.html

    He's dead now, but let's just assume either posthumously or before he died, it doesn't matter.

    I think they should have. It's $20, probably less...and the fact that a last meal cannot exceed $20 is bullshit. Regardless of what someone did, and regardless of your stance on the death penalty, I think it's a matter of common decency. It's $20...give me a break. If that's going to bankrupt the taxpayers of TN (which actually has some of the highest taxes in the US) then I would seriously question the state's fiscal responsibility. He looked beyond his own selfish needs and wanted to make a homeless person's day. What's so wrong with that? The only thing I can find wrong with it is that perhaps more than one homeless person could enjoy the pie.

    Poll on the way.
    e_andree, May 10, 2007
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    falnfenix Well-Known Member

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    sure...i'd rather see a homeless guy get a meal.
    falnfenix, May 10, 2007
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    ShallowPockets New Member

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    They Did. Well the state didn't, but others did.

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/09/execution.pizza/index.html


    There's a lot more to this case than what has come out in the media in the last few months. I think the courts refused final conclusive ballistics testing on the round that killed Ronald Oliver a couple years ago. If it came from an officer's gun and not Workman's, there'd have been a mess. It definitely caused a decent bit of doubt in town, and to this day there's a lot of people who still believe the officer was actually killed by friendly fire.
    ShallowPockets, May 10, 2007
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    DaCubanSkillz Active Member

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    I think they way they're seeing it is that he's entitled to his last meal..not last wish. I agree that 20.00 is too little. They should at least give him what he really wants. regardless of what they've done in their past, they should at least get a one good last meal.
    DaCubanSkillz, May 10, 2007
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    turbo4age Love to Hate me

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    thats dumb. getting a splendid last meal is as pointless and unnecessary as serilizing the needle used to kill the bastard.
    turbo4age, May 10, 2007
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    hehe that's an interesting way to put it. I'm kind of neutral on this subject. I go both ways depending on my mood I guess.
    GSE21tuner, May 11, 2007
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