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Dead or alive, or : today's amusing typographical error in the press

Nov 29, 2005 14:13

"RICHMOND, Va. - Gov. Mark R. Warner granted clemency Tuesday to a convicted killer who would have been the 1,000th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. Robin Lovitt's sentence was commuted to life in prison. Lovitt was set to be executed by injection Wednesday night for stabbing a man ( Read more... )

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cat_on_my_head November 29 2005, 22:43:48 UTC

Hehe.

cat_on_my_head November 29 2005, 22:44:59 UTC

Actually, that is very much not hehe. The poor man might be dying!

( . . . I don't actually know . . . ::snigger::)

( . . . I'm going to hell, aren't I?)

oldlife_archive November 29 2005, 23:10:22 UTC

(Probably. I think we both sent each other to hell a while ago, actually, at least if you believe any of that fundamentalist crap.)

cat_on_my_head November 29 2005, 23:33:43 UTC

(Teeheehee. Second Circle for us!)

fraxl November 29 2005, 23:42:48 UTC

hey
dont worry about the study tonight. we got another participant.

hope you feel all better soon!

oldlife_archive November 30 2005, 03:00:29 UTC

Oh. Actually, I totally forgot about that. I could probably have done it if I were dressed (because I fail like this), but I'm glad that I am not required. Thanks for the well wishes, and I will probably see you eventually.

lost_october November 30 2005, 02:38:10 UTC

So... he's not going to get executed... but he is going to get the death penalty?

Wow. Way to do the news, Yahoo.

oldlife_archive November 30 2005, 03:02:53 UTC

Actually, by the time I posted it, it had been corrected and cleared up. Perhaps the most amusing thing is that some random anonymous poster posted to this thread (he has since been removed because I got frustrated not being able to trace his IP farther than Verizon.net) and said that it wasn't an error because, as he understood it, he was being sentenced on two separate counts in two separate pool halls! He then mused questioning as to whether or not he used the same pair of scissors for both attacks!

*facepalm! facepalm, facepalm, facepalm!*

dragonladyflame November 30 2005, 04:12:23 UTC

Dude, what language is your journal set to?

oldlife_archive November 30 2005, 07:39:02 UTC

Esperanto, of course! What other language would I have my journal set to? :P

(And I did it months ago.) *amused that you didn't notice before now*

dragonladyflame November 30 2005, 22:51:09 UTC

Heh. Sorry; I usually read your stuff from my friends list, and I guess last time I commented was either before the change or I was oblivious ....