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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
He was an illegal
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Not the issue at hand and completely irrelevant to the question.
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And you said so yourself, Its not binding.
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If you were merely dating a girl and not married to her, do you think it'd be okay to cheat on her because you're not in a binding contract?
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Texas wants to send the right message, You rape and kill you get no breaks.
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I feel like a broken record here: that is completely irrelevant. It's not about sparing someone. It's about the rights of an accused.
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The other side of the coin is that Texas could spare its tough image and show mercy
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Again, you completely misunderstand what this is about. It has nothing to do with guilt or innocence, mercy or toughness, the death penalty or anything else along those lines.
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but whats the greater message it sends to other criminals?
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That you can't get a fair trial in Texas and screw you, U.S. citizens abroad. Texas has just screwed all of you if you are accused of a crime in a foreign country.
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This guy died screaming viva Mexico.
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So what does that have to do with the Vienna Convention?