tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604463807371446221.post2067628542041863288..comments2024-03-24T02:22:29.512-07:00Comments on Lethal Injection: Death-penalty system not fair:sisselnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10530803973645146325noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604463807371446221.post-11855256066601574042007-07-16T08:03:00.000-07:002007-07-16T08:03:00.000-07:00To Mr Anonymous:Of course you hid your name. Is t...To Mr Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>Of course you hid your name. Is that a white sheet I see?<BR/><BR/>I do not know the details of the case in question, or if the "facts" you mention are accurate. Newspaper clippings are subject to distortion, You mention that this guy was on the row for 21 years; he did not cause that delay! A constipated judicial system goes too slow; lawyers do not work timely, and judges are slow with their determinations.<BR/><BR/>If we are to have the death penalty. there has to be both due process and factual guilt. Guilt does not seem to be a problem here. One does not have to be an abolitionist to see that the death penalty in Alabama is flawed in Alabama as it is here in North Carolina and in 37 other states. This is the problem. The question here is due process, guaranteed in the US and I believe the Alabama Constitutions. If we are going to allow legal killing, all the "i"s have to be dotted, and all the "t"s have to be crossed. If not, it is a waste of money and time to have an appellate procedure designed to prevent appeals as much as possible. Alabama's sordid past of legal and illegal lynchings is too well known to mention here. That is a fact. <BR/><BR/>Those who are least able to understand the highly complex legal procedures involved in an appeal are the poor the Black the ed and the Latino/a ; they are the ones that need qualified lawyers most-- how can an illiterate person mount an appeal without a lawyer. Even if the inmate can write an appeal of sorts, less than 2% of pro se appeals are even seen by the judges, and fewer still are granted. The ability to mount a legitimate appeal is the backbone of our judicial system. Mitigation is the siver thread that guides our judicial decisions.<BR/><BR/>If you are on the right track, let's cut the bullhockey -- forget about appeals altogether, and hang 'em on a convenient tree immediately after conviction; who the hell cares if s/he is really innocent; "one nigger on a tree is as good as another". <BR/><BR/>Thank God that will not happen, unless Mr Anonymous has his way. Now do not get me wrong--- a poor white man or woman is in the exact same boat. Now set the record straight, the writer is white, American born (with ancestors going deep into American History, Protestant, and an old foggy. <BR/><BR/>G M LarkinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604463807371446221.post-90655057714142551832007-07-15T19:45:00.000-07:002007-07-15T19:45:00.000-07:00Well I must agree with troy king~ I know of one in...Well I must agree with troy king~ I know of one inmate that is on death row`Had his days in court,tried & convicted of murdering 3 young ladies & 2 children all in one night.He had lawyers? But I ask for What? He has had several lawyers,appeals etc. For What??He was tried & convicted.Why waste the time & money.He should of been put to death 21years ago.Above & beyong the said 5 their were others,many he'll never be tried for.His confession was taken & he admitted to all???How much money has Alabama spent one him.So lets not talk money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com