2005-03-15
JUSTICE
The Innocence Project was set up with the intent to help clear men and women who have been convicted of crimes yet who are innocent | To date, the Project has successfully exonerated 157 souls wrongfully committed of crimes they didn't do | In some instances, not only were the criminals not caught, but a second set of criminals, in the guise of state appointed Proescutors, commited crimes to make themselves look good on short notice | All too often, these criminals, overzealous lawyers and police working to make it appear as if they are doing their job, never experience repercussions for their crimes |
Lynch mobs are as compassionate as these folks |
While I'm not entirely convinced the death penalty should be abolished [reserved for serial killers, and leaders who've been convicted of Treason, for example] the Innocence Project provides compelling testimony why this class of punishment should be curtailed | And in one state, North Carolina, efforts are underway to establish a permanant "Innocence Commission" that would spend its time researching when there are questions about someone's having committed a crime or not | No word yet on what can be done with the perpetrators of prosecutorial misconduct |
The Innocence Project was set up with the intent to help clear men and women who have been convicted of crimes yet who are innocent | To date, the Project has successfully exonerated 157 souls wrongfully committed of crimes they didn't do | In some instances, not only were the criminals not caught, but a second set of criminals, in the guise of state appointed Proescutors, commited crimes to make themselves look good on short notice | All too often, these criminals, overzealous lawyers and police working to make it appear as if they are doing their job, never experience repercussions for their crimes | Lynch mobs are as compassionate as these folks |
While I'm not entirely convinced the death penalty should be abolished [reserved for serial killers, and leaders who've been convicted of Treason, for example] the Innocence Project provides compelling testimony why this class of punishment should be curtailed | And in one state, North Carolina, efforts are underway to establish a permanant "Innocence Commission" that would spend its time researching when there are questions about someone's having committed a crime or not | No word yet on what can be done with the perpetrators of prosecutorial misconduct |
THANKS TO: H Kent Craig who wrote of this latter subject on 10 March 2005 |
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