[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Any pity I have is saved for the victim and their family

And that has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

And that has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

It has to me

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

It has to me

It really doesn't. No one is saying this man is not guilty or not deserving of a conviction, the issue is whether his conviction was decided because of the crime or because of his sexuality. If it's the latter, it sets a precedent that could allow for gay people to get sentenced based purely on their sexuality and not their crime.

Again, I'm gonna ask you to answer this question.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Answer me this, are you fine with sentencing a gay person to death for a crime that a straight person would have got a life sentence for? Do you not see the issue there?

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It really doesn't. No one is saying this man is not guilty or not deserving of a conviction, the issue is whether his conviction was decided because of the crime or because of his sexuality. If it's the latter, it sets a precedent that could allow for gay people to get sentenced based purely on their sexuality and not their crime.

Again, I'm gonna ask you to answer this question.

No one knows for sure why he got the death penalty ,one thing we do know hes a murderer despite his sexuality

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

No one knows for sure why he got the death penalty ,one thing we do know hes a murderer despite his sexuality

But based on what's been said in that article. Do you think it's right to sentence people differently based, not on their crimes, but their sexuality?

Take murder our of the equation if you're struggling to see past that. Do you think it's right to give a gay person a different sentence based purely on their sexuality?

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

But based on what's been said in that article. Do you think it's right to sentence people differently based, not on their crimes, but their sexuality?

Take murder our of the equation if you're struggling to see past that. Do you think it's right to give a gay person a different sentence based purely on their sexuality?

Of course on their crimes, but I have no sympathy for him at all regardless of his sexuality

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Of course on their crimes, but I have no sympathy for him at all regardless of his sexuality

And that's the point of this thread. Regardless of the crime, there is evidence to suggest that someone has been sentenced based not on their crime but their sexuality. That is the issue here.