Trump backed death penalty for 14 year old alleged rapist in 1989

[Sorenroy]

Was looking through the 2012 board to see if there were any "Trump vs _____" threads, and I stumbled across this one. While I can't quote it, because it's from to long ago:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=135065.0

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The teens were later exonerated by DNA evidence.  The case is described here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_Jogger_case[/quote]

My Mom was talking about this the other day because she was around NYC a lot when this happened and remembered the full page ads.

The original link is dead, so here is a different article that covers the same points:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/donald-trump-death-penalty/420069/

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Here is the ad:

[NeverAgain]

Not surprising.

[Sir Mohamed]

Yep, not surprising. Just one more point in the long list of reasons, why he's not qualified to be president.

[Reaganfan]

This is supposed to make me like him less? What's wrong with wanting to punish criminals who harm innocent people?

[Sorenroy]

This is supposed to make me like him less? What's wrong with wanting to punish criminals who harm innocent people?

1: They were minors (four were either 14 or 15, the last was 16).
2: They were later found innocent through DNA evidence, which wouldn't have happened if they were executed by the state (there was no video evidence, they were convicted based on their forced confessionals). Not only that, but Trump's ad was published before their day in court.

Also from the article:

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Trump's call for execution should "make you like him less" because it was the preemptive call for the unconstitutional execution of five kids before they even went to trial.

[Slander and/or Libel]

This is supposed to make me like him less? What's wrong with wanting to punish criminals who harm innocent people?

Did you miss that the kid in question was 14 and was later exonerated?

[RightBehind]

This is supposed to make me like him less? What's wrong with wanting to punish criminals who harm innocent people?

The problem with the death penalty is that's not a black and white issue and is a lot more complicated than supporters treat it.

[Wiz in Wis]

This is supposed to make me like him less? What's wrong with wanting to punish criminals who harm innocent people?

The problem with the death penalty is that's not a black and white issue and is a lot more complicated than supporters treat it.

Unfortunately, the Death Penalty is usually "black" and "white" which is another problem.

[ElectionsGuy]

That ad screams fascism.

[Rules for me, but not for thee]

What's his signature there? Donald J Trmmmmp

[President Pepe]

While I support Trump, his biggest flaw is his blind support for the police and surveilence state.