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Originally posted by jackinthebox
reply to [url=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread378875/pg3#pid4755951]post
I happen to be very much in favor of state's rights, and believe that the Federal government has been overstepping their bounds since the Civil War. However, we do in fact have a Federal system which is responsible for international issues. To me, this is certainly and clearly a case that the Federal government should have taken control of, considering the international ramifications, and the effects they might have on other States and national security as a whole.
This is the whole crux of my point. It never should hae been an international issue in the first place.
What good is having a law in the first place if they can be superceeded at the whim of other countries?
By letting criminals go?
By spending UNTOLD amount of money trying to Rehabilitate them...
The gang members ran and grabbed Elizabeth and pulled her down the incline, off of the tracks. Testimony showed that Jenny had gotten free and could have run away but returned to Elizabeth when she cried out for Jenny to help her. For the next hour or so, these beautiful, innocent young girls were subjected to the most brutal gang rapes that most of the investigating officers had ever encountered. The confessions of the gang members that were used at trial indicated that there was never less than 2 men on each of the girls at any one time and....
This is the whole crux of my point. It never should hae been an international issue in the first place.
What good is having a law in the first place if they can be superceeded at the whim of other countries?
It is not a revenge killing. It is the judge and jury deciding to measure out the full extent of the law, which in this state is the death penalty.
Honestly, I don't think that this would have been an issue at all if the guy was from any country other than Mexico.