The USA is about to execute a likely innocent man

[kikaida]

How ironic I'm reading this whilst in administration of justice class. Fucking yanks, the USA sucks

correction, the southern states suck

most states don't execute and thatnks to the Innocence Project, a lot of these guys are finally getting a fair trial and getting out of jail

[wormcode]

How ironic I'm reading this whilst in administration of justice class. Fucking yanks, the USA sucks

correction, the southern states suck

most states don't execute and thatnks to the Innocence Project, a lot of these guys are finally getting a fair trial and getting out of jail

Correction, the bible belt sucks.
Every state locks people up for ridiculous amounts of time for stupid shit like the drug war. You can still get the death penalty for drugs convictions in some states.

This thread reminds me of this. I came across this amazing piece of logic other day.
http://www.experienceproject.com/storie ... ca/1529978

So today, I had to start a research paper on a subject from a list I was given. The one that I had selected was the death penalty, against it of course.

...

we could put them to life in prison to be victimized by other inmates, we could lock them in a cell and leave them to die of starvation, dehydration, or asphyxiation, we could just kill them ON THE SPOT! But instead, the American government chooses to spend millions of dollars to kill people in what has been done in wars for free. Why are we Americans so ignorant?

[kikaida]

How ironic I'm reading this whilst in administration of justice class. Fucking yanks, the USA sucks

correction, the southern states suck

most states don't execute and thatnks to the Innocence Project, a lot of these guys are finally getting a fair trial and getting out of jail

Correction, the bible belt sucks.

i cant argue with that

[AxeD]

and Hitler wasn't executed...

Nah that's stupid but I'm not reading up on this, thousands of people die every week.

[Gaufre]

just confirmed a few mins ago... and whats up with one of the witnesses possibly being the actual shooter

[deadly_habit]

stay denied and he was executed tonight
capital punishment is such bullshit

[youthful_implants]

thread title was missing 'again' at the end.

what a surprise, the US judicial system riding roughshod over the same civil liberties they're sworn to protect and appear to take so seriously when infringed by other nation states. hypocritical in the extreme IMO.

A life is a life, doesn't matter who you are or what you've done. No one has the right to take someone else's.

[lloydnoise]

It's sad and depressing and scary as hell

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/se ... 10-reasons

The US should not be allowed to use the words Freedom and Justice to promote itself anymore

[AllNightDayDream]

It's sad and depressing and scary as hell

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/se ... 10-reasons

The US should not be allowed to use the words Freedom and Justice to promote itself anymore

Really we shouldn't have done that from the get-go.

[magma]

Good tweet:

I tell you what, when you start blocking emails from Amnesty International, Georgia Paroles Board, you know you're in pretty bad shape.

Well done America, you've disgusted the world again... the ability to hide behind "Well, it's their choice as a State" holds your union back decades. If you're going to act globally as one country, act domestically as one fucking country.

[Mr Hyde]

even if there is no doubt that a person is guilty its a really bad system to ever allow those in power to kill their own citizens, state sanctioned murder sends really bad messages and moral grounding ('if you kill someone we'll kill you' is a barbaric way of looking at things, almost might as well have mob rule). but if there is doubt like in this case then it seems even more criminal to let it go ahead

[phrex]

RIP

[wizeguy]

Georgia, aint that a redneck state? they probably just convicted him because he was black!

[antipode]

Georgia, aint that a redneck state? they probably just convicted him because he was black!

not sure if trolling

america is not having a good decade

[kay]

Meh. I've just arrived in Georgia and that's the first thing I noticed in the newspaper at the hotel lobby.

[hasezwei]

i don't even know what to say anymore

[MPathy]

Where's Jake Tyler Brigance when you need him...

[Herbimore]

RIP

[khamiz]

Thick as fuck Americans ..

[bright maroon]

death penalty = archaic

I bet Kasey Anthony would have been convicted if they had taken death penalty off the table.