Modest Mouse
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Hi sexyguy,
The list is comprised of names of men who were on death row but later exonerated. More than 100 men. Thats a percentage nearing ten percent of death penalty convictions being overturned. Scary stuff.
This was prompted by recent discussion of the death penalty on the board. The list illuminates one weakness in killing people... some of them are innocent.
I can provide links to short bios of each case if interested.
For the record, its not the flawed system that forces me to be against killing people, but the simple fact that State sponsored murder is crazy.
The list is comprised of names of men who were on death row but later exonerated. More than 100 men. Thats a percentage nearing ten percent of death penalty convictions being overturned. Scary stuff.
This was prompted by recent discussion of the death penalty on the board. The list illuminates one weakness in killing people... some of them are innocent.
I can provide links to short bios of each case if interested.
For the record, its not the flawed system that forces me to be against killing people, but the simple fact that State sponsored murder is crazy.
I have no problem with the death penalty. In my morality, if one takes the life of another, and it can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, he or she deserves to be put to death by the State. Conversely, if evidence comes to light that proves otherwise, the person should be set free.
Those who are against the death penalty for any reason are against justice being served. I don't want my tax dollars keeping people alive who don't deserve to be.
Those who are against the death penalty for any reason are against justice being served. I don't want my tax dollars keeping people alive who don't deserve to be.
modest mouse
Meating People is Easy
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David Spence
Texas
Conviction 1984
Executed 1997
Spence was charged with murdering three teenagers in 1982. He was allegedly hired by a convenience store owner to kill another girl, and killed these victims by mistake. The convenience store owner, Muneer Deeb, was originally convicted and sentenced to death, but then was acquitted at a re-trial. The police lieutenant who supervised the investigation of Spence, Marvin Horton, later concluded: "I do not think David Spence committed this crime." Ramon Salinas, the homicide detective who actually conducted the investigation, said: "My opinion is that David Spence was innocent. Nothing from the investigation ever led us to any evidence that he was involved." No physical evidence connected Spence to the crime. The case against Spence was pursued by a zealous narcotics cop who relied on testimony of prison inmates who were granted favors in return for testimony.
Texas
Conviction 1984
Executed 1997
Spence was charged with murdering three teenagers in 1982. He was allegedly hired by a convenience store owner to kill another girl, and killed these victims by mistake. The convenience store owner, Muneer Deeb, was originally convicted and sentenced to death, but then was acquitted at a re-trial. The police lieutenant who supervised the investigation of Spence, Marvin Horton, later concluded: "I do not think David Spence committed this crime." Ramon Salinas, the homicide detective who actually conducted the investigation, said: "My opinion is that David Spence was innocent. Nothing from the investigation ever led us to any evidence that he was involved." No physical evidence connected Spence to the crime. The case against Spence was pursued by a zealous narcotics cop who relied on testimony of prison inmates who were granted favors in return for testimony.
