So...you didn't see the show? Cosmic forces aside, it was just a sad story.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@...> wrote: > > Maybe not so bad. Probably a bunch of punks who were kept out of real trouble > by being incarrcerated. In Texas if you're found innocent after doing time, > you get 80 thousand for every year you did. They would have been given a lump > sum, they would probably never have been able to match, the rest of their > lives. But then again, I bet they'd blow it on drugs and partying within a > year. Karma can be a bitch. > > > > ________________________________ > From: "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:50 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > >  > > Another awful injustice: > > I saw an excellent special on PBS last night, produced by Ken Burns, about > The Central Park Five. There was a horrific rape and beating of a jogger in > the late 80's in New York City's Central Park. Police rounded up five kids, > 14-16, convicted them all, and sent them away for seven to eleven years - no > DNA evidence, all based on coerced confessions. Then the real criminal > stepped forward, confessed, and matched the DNA evidence, and the two still > in prison were let go. All five were exonerated, but basically live ruined > lives now. > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> > wrote: > > > > I think it was the 11 years that got to me. Well that and the > > descriptions of the various forms of forced feeding. I agree, either try > > them or let them go home and yes it is a disgrace to our country, huge > > disgrace and this alone will make me rethink how I vote next time. This > > may sound stupid but after I read it last night I was praying to God to > > tell me what more I can do to help. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: feste37 <feste37@> > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:59 AM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > > > > >  > > This man should be allowed to go home. Prisoners in Guantanamo should be > > either tried or released, and the prison closed. Everyone knows this is the > > right thing to do, and Obama promised to close it within a year of taking > > office in 2009. It's a disgrace that this is being done in our name. > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> > > wrote: > > > > > > feste I wish I hadn't read this.ย And I'm so glad I did.ย Thank > > > you so much for sending.ย I've forwarded it to a friend who has a > > > huge email list.ย Also I'm keeping it in my inbox so I won't > > > forget.ย Will see what more I can do.ย > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: feste37 <feste37@> > > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:14 PM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] New York Times op-ed. Read it. > > > > > > > > > > > > ย > > > Gitmo Is Killing Me > > > By SAMIR NAJI al HASAN MOQBEL > > > > > > GUANTร�NAMO BAY, Cuba > > > > > > ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I > > > weighed 132, but that was a month ago. > > > > > > I've been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 > > > pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity. > > > > > > I've been detained at Guantรà¸namo for 11 years and three months. I > > > have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial. > > > > > > I could have been home years ago à¹â¬" no one seriously thinks I am a > > > threat à¹â¬" but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a > > > "guard" for Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of > > > the American movies I used to watch. They don't even seem to believe it > > > anymore. But they don't seem to care how long I sit here, either. > > > > > > More: > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/opinion/hunger-striking-at-guantanamo-bay.html > > > > > >
