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From Amy: "The state of Georgia is executing a man who committed the crime of being in the wrong place at the wrong time while black." The justice system has failed an innocent man with witnesses stating they lied on the stand years ago and their testimony fell on deaf ears. It's like we've taken so many steps backwards in the fight for equality the last few years. This story echoes Steve Biko's case during South African Apartheid. My heart is with the family who is suffering at the loss of an innocent man, and for the miserable family that requires more blood to satisfy their ache. Darlings, the death of another man will not satisfy the hurt you feel, only bring more pain. Look at Bud Welch and everything he's done since the OKC bombing.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-11-03/news/9811020165_1_bill-mcveigh-bud-welch-death-penalty
I had found someone who was a bigger victim of the Oklahoma bombing than I was, because while I can speak in front of thousands of people and say wonderful things about Julie, if Bill McVeigh meets a stranger he probably doesn’t even say he had a son.
Six months after the bombing a poll taken in Oklahoma City of victims’ families and survivors showed that 85% wanted the death penalty for Tim McVeigh. Six years later that figure had dropped to nearly half, and now most of those who supported his execution have come to believe it was a mistake. In other words, they didn’t feel any better after Tim McVeigh was taken from his cell and killed.
http://theforgivenessproject.com/stories/bud-welch-usa
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-11-03/news/9811020165_1_bill-mcveigh-bud-welch-death-penalty
I had found someone who was a bigger victim of the Oklahoma bombing than I was, because while I can speak in front of thousands of people and say wonderful things about Julie, if Bill McVeigh meets a stranger he probably doesn’t even say he had a son.
Six months after the bombing a poll taken in Oklahoma City of victims’ families and survivors showed that 85% wanted the death penalty for Tim McVeigh. Six years later that figure had dropped to nearly half, and now most of those who supported his execution have come to believe it was a mistake. In other words, they didn’t feel any better after Tim McVeigh was taken from his cell and killed.
http://theforgivenessproject.com/stories/bud-welch-usa