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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 07:23 AM
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Free Clarence Elkins
I just found out about this case. This is pretty awful. This man was wrongfully convicted of murder and rape with no physical evidence. DNA evidence has now proved his innocence, but he is still behind bars! You can donate to his defense fund and/or send him a message at this website:

www.freeclarence.com
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 07:50 AM
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1. And he'll probably stay behind bars.
When you have this from the Supreme Court:

"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached"

Antonin Scalia


If they say you can go ahead and kill a person you KNOW is innocent, keeping an innocent in jail is no big stretch.

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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 03:20 PM
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2. That's Bush's "model" Justice
The people should not stand for somebody who is proven innocent being kept behind bars! I don't see why even the right wing would want to punish an innocent person.
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-27-05 04:08 PM
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3. That's real easy to answer.
They would have to admit they were wrong...that they made a mistake. You know that can't happen.

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