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 | | From: | John Woodgate | | Subject: | Re: Peterson's Death Sentence | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:22:34 +0000 |
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 | I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke wrote
(in <35bt80F4h88ddU1@individual.net>) about 'Peterson's Death Sentence',
on Fri, 21 Jan 2005:
>John Woodgate wrote:
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>> Some people will confess to anything, even without the bright lights and
>> rubber hoses. IMHO, anyone who kills a human is insane at that time, and
>> does not have the same sort of 'mens rea' as a robber or other criminal.
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>It must have been a real bugger to be public prosecutor in Anglo Saxon
>times... I mean, you've just presented a watertight case, all you are
>waiting for is the judge to pronounce sentence... but bugger me, it's
>the king, Edward the Confessor... "I find myself guilty of this crime,
>and the sentence is one hundred lashes. Bring in the monks!"
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He was called 'Confessor' due to exhibitions of piety, but his real
character is controversial - some say he was weak and cruel. He was
certainly a very bad politician - antagonizing his strongest potential
opponents by slighting them.
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Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
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The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
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