Black Man Executed in US, Despite Lack of Actual Evidence

[vlad321]

Mr Khan said:

vlad321 said:

Mr Khan said:
My guess is the shifting testimony certainly removes the whole "beyond a reasonable doubt" qualification, which is something that should be strictly observed when we're talking about the death penalty

Disregarding the fact that it is egregious that we still use the death penalty, this should have been commuted at the very least

Yet there were 34 overall witnesses and only a few shifted their stance. Then you factor in the fact that memories can be implanted, things get all the more interesting for those that shifted.

Also I don't think the death penalty is used NEARLY enough.

I do notice that no-one seems satisfied with the current situation regarding the death penalty. Pro-penalty advocates seem to wonder why these people sit around for 20 years getting a free ride from the government and wasting court time and money in appeal after appeal, and then those who oppose it just... oppose it.

 Those money spent over those 20 years are, literally, money down the drain. Though there have been cases where mistakes have been made so I can't complain too much about that.