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In reply to the discussion: 46yr old man raped and murdered an 11month old baby.. [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)There are so many innocent people in prison, particularly people of color.
I literally lie awake at night sometimes wondering if the final act of injustice against a black man or black woman wrongfully accused and convicted of a heinous crime is their barbaric execution at the hands of the state. What would the last few years of their existence be like starting with their initial arrest?
All it takes is thinking those brief thoughts to re-steel my resolve against the death penalty.
Just remember Jonathan Fleming who was finally released after over 20 years and he had proof all along that he was on vacation 1000 miles away from the murder at the time it happened. What do people do who are wrongly convicted whose proof of innocence isn't so definitive and demonstrative?. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/nyregion/brooklyn-district-attorney-overturns-conviction-in-1989-murder.html?_r=0