I was going from thinking that death penalty for child molestation was way the hell out there, but rather than have that discussion i'd just pick an unassailable reason to be squeamish about death penalty in general.
I don't really think there is an analogy there with child molesting. I really doubt there's ever any situation where Guy A gets picked up for something Guy B did* as opposed to Guy A gets convicted for something that didn't happen in general or really shouldn't be classed as that level of molestation or is or isn't likely to be recidivist.
Not sure if I'm making sense. Just I think innocence if it's molestation ONLY (not involving someone dead) isn't likely to imply someone else did it unless you're talking infants, at which point you've likely got something more than verbal evidence or the case wouldn't have been made.
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Date: 2011-08-16 05:45 pm (UTC)I don't really think there is an analogy there with child molesting. I really doubt there's ever any situation where Guy A gets picked up for something Guy B did* as opposed to Guy A gets convicted for something that didn't happen in general or really shouldn't be classed as that level of molestation or is or isn't likely to be recidivist.
Not sure if I'm making sense. Just I think innocence if it's molestation ONLY (not involving someone dead) isn't likely to imply someone else did it unless you're talking infants, at which point you've likely got something more than verbal evidence or the case wouldn't have been made.
*(mommy mommy i forget who touched me?)