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My last post on Dominique Green

Jun 12, 2009 21:07

So I've finally finished reading A Saint on Death Row: The Story of Dominique Green. Just some concluding thoughts. First of all, it is certain that he was innocent of the murder. Of that there is no doubt. It is also quite possible that he was not even part of the robbery. There is compelling evidence that he was not. But his court ( Read more... )

pro life, death penalty

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afufle June 15 2009, 19:37:50 UTC

There was case in Texas, reviewed by an Englishman on some news show similar to 60 Minutes or Frontline, where a Texas lawman obviously manufactured evidence, would not wear a wire or recorder but relied on memory for the "confessions" he extracted from "drug dealers", and there were other very shaky supports for his charges.

The jury decided the parties were guilty, all of them African American. The British reporter decided to interview some members of the jury, and one woman in particular, an ordinary middle-aged or slightly older woman, said the reason she voted to convict one man was that 'she just wished he would have apologized for what he did'.

The reply was 'but he says he didn't do it' (so why would he apologize?).

And she said, "but if he'd just apologized..." I thought, that woman is stuck in her own understanding of the situation, that is not US law at work. The reporter implied that was the typical mindset of people who lived in this area, that they were used to getting their way versus any darker-skinned people.

rest_in_thee June 15 2009, 19:39:59 UTC

This sort of tragedy does not surprise me at all, especially not in Texas.

afufle June 16 2009, 21:04:47 UTC

I remember hearing years and years ago that votes could be bought there, that it was a grand tradition. I've heard it's like that wherever there is organized crime. Though in Texas it seems to be more racially oriented, particularly I'd thought toward Spanish speaking persons.

susannah June 16 2009, 20:52:15 UTC

This post of yours reduced me to tears. Maybe because I have worked in the prison Service as a Warden, and dealt with many people convicted of murder (which here in UK does not result in death penalty) and have seen in some cases christian repentance, and in other cases have questioned whether the individual had been rightly convicted ( ... )