Supreme Court rejects Ala. death row challenge

[Highway61]

Source: Yahoo/AP

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow a death row inmate to try to prove his innocence through DNA testing.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_arthur

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WTF!!! Why not??

[MNDemNY]

1. Innocence is not cause for appeal.

There must be a rule of law to challenge.

[Benhurst]

2. Yeah, as I recall the arch- traitor Sandra Day O'Connor wrote that opinoin.

It was in a Texas appeal as I remember.

[Highway61]

3. I did not know that

Thanks for enlightening me. However, how very sad if he really is innocent.

[damntexdem]

8. What's important is to uphold the death penalty ...

not to assure that those murdered, .... er executed, are guilty!

[Bitwit1234]

4. Didn't congress float the idea some time ago

about passing a law that someone with DNA evidence available, could have it tested. I don't remember what ever happened.

[ixion]

5. well, gee, of course not.. it's so much more civilized to execute them

:sarcasm:

[Jackpine Radical]

6. Also, mere factual innocence is not sufficient grounds

to set aside a conviction properly arrived at.--Antonin Scalia

[nealmhughes]

7. Meanwhile Bob Riley will wring his hands and pray rather than granting clemency or prompting the

legislature to update the laws re: DNA testing.

Troy "No Dildos" King, the AG will probably want to film the execution and show it to kids to show them the wages of sin.

Heaven forbid that new evidence might thwart the wheels of "justice." Meanwhile, The Most Serene and Christian Republic of Alabamistan prepares to execute a terminal cancer patient, forcing his meds on him so he is healthy to kill.