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Bad Guys' Lawyers

kday Wrote: Jan 14, 2013 8:12 AM

This calls for God of The Old Testament justice. Cruel and unusual crimes should be punished by cruel and unusual punishment. Knowing you'll be beaten to death very painfully might be a deterrant to crime. Being sent to air conditioned prisons with big screen TVs and free meals doesn't seem to be much of a deterrant. Having yourself savagad like you savage a victim may work. But if it doesn't work as a deterrant, it would be real justice.

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Bad Guys' Lawyers

Lawyers representing three of the men charged in the New Delhi gang rape case said last week that they would enter pleas of not guilty on their clients' behalf. In most criminal prosecutions, that would be unremarkable. But the lawyers who stepped forward to represent the suspects in this case did so in the face of emotional protests by fellow attorneys, many of whom insisted that no one should defend those accused of such a terrible crime.

"There was a good response from the members, and they will not represent," the president of the local bar association had...

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