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Originally Posted by Skybird
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Originally Posted by mog
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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. |
That's true, but Schwarzenegger and numerous appeals courts found no grounds to overturn the verdict. I personally don't support capital punishment, but my point is that Schwarzenegger really would have been abusing his powers as governor if he were to grant clemency to a man who had received a fair trial and who had not repented for his crimes. It is completely unfair for these Austrians to be holding Schwarzenegger personally responsible when he was doing the job he was elected to do.
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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.
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How many children Williams stopped from joining gangs is a matter of speculation. On the other hand, it is a fact that the gang Williams started is responsible for hundreds of murders and destroying countless thousands of lives through its drug running and other activities. Even after he supposedly renounced his gang affiliations about 10 years ago, he refused to help police with investigations involving the Crips because he didn't want to be a snitch. There's simply no way that he has made anything near a 1 to 1 compensation for his lifetime of thuggery.