Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty : The New Yorker
Cameron Todd Willingham, Texas, and the death penalty : The New Yorker
Go HERE as well.
It would not surprise me in the least if the 'state' of Texas executed an innocent man - but this is not a 'rant' about the ineptitude of Texas - this is more about the death penalty itself - and my opinion. Until I read 'Dead Man Walking' - I was all for public executions...but now, I just feel it is 'state-sponsored' murder....
EDIT (by Colette) In response to comment left:
My Dear Mr. Dudly Sharp -
A petition IS NOT meaningless nor false. Petitions are a means of showing just how strong people (you know, the by the people for the people thing)feel about any given political issue or in this case injustice.
I lived in Texas - I can tell you from my experience, the law does not care if it's right or wrong, if innocent people die or not. But the damning evidence in this report ought to be sending people out of their complacent beer-swilling, remote-holding-watching TV easy chairs and up in arms to their state AND OUR COUNTRY representative yelling for posthumous justice - albeit it comes very late for this poor soul.
I do not believe in the death penalty any longer. Thank you for sharing your links - but I plan on signing the petition.
Judge Antonin Scalia is getting too old and senile to obviously understand that WE HAVE as a justice system/nation put innocents to death. May Justice Scalia be able to explain when he manages to be 'judged' in front of his maker.
In the meantime what really needs to happen is that we as a people need to fight for fixing our ailing justice system - because without equal justice for all - there can be no peace.
Go HERE as well.
It would not surprise me in the least if the 'state' of Texas executed an innocent man - but this is not a 'rant' about the ineptitude of Texas - this is more about the death penalty itself - and my opinion. Until I read 'Dead Man Walking' - I was all for public executions...but now, I just feel it is 'state-sponsored' murder....
EDIT (by Colette) In response to comment left:
My Dear Mr. Dudly Sharp -
A petition IS NOT meaningless nor false. Petitions are a means of showing just how strong people (you know, the by the people for the people thing)feel about any given political issue or in this case injustice.
I lived in Texas - I can tell you from my experience, the law does not care if it's right or wrong, if innocent people die or not. But the damning evidence in this report ought to be sending people out of their complacent beer-swilling, remote-holding-watching TV easy chairs and up in arms to their state AND OUR COUNTRY representative yelling for posthumous justice - albeit it comes very late for this poor soul.
I do not believe in the death penalty any longer. Thank you for sharing your links - but I plan on signing the petition.
Judge Antonin Scalia is getting too old and senile to obviously understand that WE HAVE as a justice system/nation put innocents to death. May Justice Scalia be able to explain when he manages to be 'judged' in front of his maker.
In the meantime what really needs to happen is that we as a people need to fight for fixing our ailing justice system - because without equal justice for all - there can be no peace.
Labels: Crime and Punishment, Death Penalty, Justice
posted by Colette at 9:48 AM
5 Comments:
Evidently, the TMN hasn't read any of the reports on this case.
It is impossible to determine the origin of the fire. It could have been arson. It may not have been arson.
So the petition is both meaningless and false.
"The Death Penalty: More Protection for Innocents"
http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/07/05/the-death-penalty-more-protection-for-innocents.aspx
Killing equals Killing: The Amoral Confusion of Death Penalty Opponents
http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/02/01/murder-and-execution--very-distinct-moral-differences--new-mexico.aspx
Sister Helen Prejean & the death penalty: A Critical Review
http://homicidesurvivors.com/2009/05/04/sister-helen-prejean--the-death-penalty-a-critical-review.aspx
My Dear Mr. Dudly Sharp -
A petition IS NOT meaningless nor false. Petitions are a means of showing just how strong people (you know, the by the people for the people thing)feel about any given political issue or in this case injustice.
I lived in Texas - I can tell you from my experience, the law does not care if it's right or wrong, if innocent people die or not. But the damning evidence in this report ought to be sending people out of their complacent beer-swilling, remote-holding-watching TV easy chairs and up in arms to their state AND OUR COUNTRY representative yelling for posthumous justice - albeit it comes very late for this poor soul.
I do not believe in the death penalty any longer. Thank you for sharing your links - but I plan on signing the petition.
Judge Antonin Scalia is getting too old and senile to obviously understand that WE HAVE as a justice system/nation put innocents to death. May Justice Scalia be able to explain when he manages to be 'judged' in front of his maker.
In the meantime what really needs to happen is that we as a people need to fight for fixing our ailing justice system - because without equal justice for all - there can be no peace.
umm...
i am NOT trying to start an argument, just trying to understand better..
it is ok to kill an innocent baby.. but not ok to kill a not innocent man?
Dudley Sharp is wrong when he writes, "It could have been arson."
Dr Craig Beyler, who was hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission to report on the fire in the Todd Willingham case, concluded in his report that "a finding of arson could not be sustained".
Mr. Sharp
Take your debate to YOUR OWN blog - stop this on mine.
While I am open to debate, I am in TOTAL disagreement with you...
People should never be executed when the possibility exists that they might be innocent. If that is not a travesty of justice, I don't know what is.
How would you feel if it was your son and some of the evidence left a shadow of a doubt - hell how would you feel if it was your son in general. Do you not understand that murder is never remedied by murder?
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