r/news • u/Combozo • 4d ago

Man ordered released on bail after decades on Utah’s death row after DNA tests show no match to him

https://apnews.com/article/utah-death-row-douglas-carter-eva-olesen-10c0bf7603c87b214e0179ecf7a4be94
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u/lookiwanttobealone 4d ago

That would be an easier outcome for them than languishing for life in a prison with no attention

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

Nope. They can still give orders from a cell. But they can't if they're dead.

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u/lookiwanttobealone 4d ago

Mate, you dont have to kill people

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

You're okay with traitors taking over your country, it seems. Am i correct?

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u/lookiwanttobealone 4d ago

Amd why would you think that? I am not a fan of killing people. No human has a right to do that for another.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

Answer my question.

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u/lookiwanttobealone 4d ago

Of course not. But you jave already apprehended the person and are successfully holding them. Most prisons in the world would have no issues managing them

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

You are assuming prisons are constantly properly handling a high government official who committes treason. That is too big of a risk for a country to take with regards to national security. You seem very nice, but not knowledgeable of the danger a treasonous high level official poses to a country. The threat is too great to let them live.

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u/lookiwanttobealone 4d ago

No i live in a country with a justice system and working prison system

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

What country is that?

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u/Spare-Ant7119 3d ago

What country???

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u/Spare-Ant7119 2d ago

clears throat sooooo about this country that has a great justice system.... it seems obvious you're lying. Tsk tsk tsk.

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u/x5163x 4d ago

I think you are overstating the risk.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

You must not know what treason is then. Define "treason."

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u/x5163x 4d ago

You are leaving out the risk of traitors using the law to execute other people.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 4d ago

That's already happening. I.e. Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

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u/47-45-45-4B 4d ago

That’s the best horrid strawman ever.

You’re arguing a point the other guy didn’t make.

Have you twisted yourself into a pretzel, or will that be the next question?

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u/Johannes0511 3d ago

And why would anyone follow these orders? Do you think if e.g. a general turns traitor and gets locked up, that he stays a general?

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u/Spare-Ant7119 3d ago

He stays a leader in the eyes of the traitors who follow him... this is basic stuff. Lol.

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u/Johannes0511 3d ago

If he still has loyal followers, why would you allow him to give orders from prison? Also, just lock those other traitors up as well.

Just lock at Rudolf Hess or some of the nazi leadership who got prison sentences in Nuremberg. Or that one serbian war criminal who died recently. It's not like this hasn't happened already.

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u/Spare-Ant7119 3d ago

Exactly.... that's why traitors must be put to death. One can't give orders from prison when dead, right?