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Old 06-22-2005, 03:32 PM   #878
Tyrone Slothrop
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I still don't see the point.
As is your perogative. But we weren't talking about whether it was a good idea. We were talking about the Senate Republicans who blocked it from getting a voice vote because they didn't want to go on the record as apologizing for lynching.

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Is the standard for deciding to prosecute that someone has enough money for a defense? It was an awful case, it should not have been brought.
I'm happier not knowing how strong a case it was. The main weakness of the case seemed to me to be that Jackson surrounds himself with freaks, and so the only witnesses who could testify against him are freaks.
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