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Originally Posted by mog
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Originally Posted by Skybird
You talk about searching and finding a flaw in the court'S procedure and sentence. If Schwarzenegger would have found that, it would not be a mercy, but a juristical mistake.
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That's right, and if Schwarzenegger could see no problem with Williams' trial, then he must assume that Williams was guilty. In that case, the only grounds for stopping the execution would be if Williams had sufficiently reformed himself. He never admitted to the murders, therefore he never apologised, repented, or felt any remorse for them. Given this, there is no way Schwarzenegger could have granted clemency. |
I myself only apologize for things that I have comitted. He denied that he had commited those murders he had been sentenced for. Wouldn'T have been be the first trial leading to false outcomes and sentences. TW did something much more significant and important than confessing to a crime that he said he had not done - that is changing himself, and having influenced hundreds if not thousands of young people not to join a gang and start a wrong career like he himself had done. With that he has given more than a 1:1 compensation and have given something precious and valuable back to the community - the lives of thousands of your young ones, thousands of family saved that way. But these lifes count lesser, obviously, than an excuse for crimes the offender rejects to have done. And that is absolutely queer, in my understanding of ethics and values.