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Old 05-17-15, 12:04 PM   #622
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Originally Posted by Stealhead View Post
The appeals process its called when a person receives a death sentence. I believe by law iin most states a certain amount of appeals are automatically granted unless the person demands at the first appeal that they wish to have the sentence carried out as soon as possible. Timothy McVeigh did that and his was a federal sentence.

Actually I think its a fair set up as it gives a chance for a conviction to be reviewed thus its a way to be sure so to speak that the law has been justly carried out to that point before the sentence is carried out. Or for the condemned to say get it over with.
Thank you Stealhead.

appeal it was. When writing my post I kept on getting the word apple-No it's not apple-it's start with ap. but the word apple kept on coming up in my head-so I wrote forgot the word

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