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Old 02-22-2016, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
Maybe not in New York, but in other states, mainly southern I think, rape was a capital crime. The Supreme Court, however, put an end to that:



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Not disputing that in this Trump was showing the brutal instincts of an authoritarian and fascist.
Thanks. I didn't know that. It seems to have been largely a Southern phenomenon and, though I don't know, I'd be willing to bet that the death penalty was never applied to a white man there.
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