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In Case You Were Wondering

by John Cole|  December 3, 20031:19 pm| 2 Comments

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The penalty for aiding in the murder of 800,000 people is life in prison, unless your rights are violated during the trial. Then your prison term is 27 years.

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  1. 1.

    Slartibartfast

    December 3, 2003 at 2:46 pm

    If they were really serious about that decision, they’d send the purported rights violators to life in jail, instead.

  2. 2.

    hln

    December 4, 2003 at 1:10 pm

    And that 801,001 person – what’s he add, or is he a free kill? Guess someone’s going to have to one-up the total just to find out. I’d rather not know.

    hln

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