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Author:  pcernie [ Wed May 05, 2010 12:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Robbers point gun at boy's head in Tameside post office

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 661808.stm

Depending on the state, is there any chance you'd be executed for that in America, just out of curiosity? :twisted:

Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed May 05, 2010 1:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Robbers point gun at boy's head in Tameside post office

pcernie wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8661808.stm

Depending on the state, is there any chance you'd be executed for that in America, just out of curiosity? :twisted:

No, you only get the death penalty for actually killing people, strangely enough. What that guy did could go under a variety of offenses up to attempted murder but I doubt he'd get life, let alone The Long Walk.

Author:  pcernie [ Wed May 05, 2010 2:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Robbers point gun at boy's head in Tameside post office

jonbwfc wrote:
pcernie wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8661808.stm

Depending on the state, is there any chance you'd be executed for that in America, just out of curiosity? :twisted:

No, you only get the death penalty for actually killing people, strangely enough.


I always meant to look it up, it was what 'capital crimes' extended to that I always wondered about as a result...

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