The man being convicted was nineteen at the time of the crime and was reportedly seen harassing a homeless man. An off duty police man stepped in on the homeless mans side and the convict shot him twice. he has tried several times for an apeall and has pleaded inocent at every hearing. He was about to be put to death in 2008 when the supreme stepped in and agreed to hear his case. There is much doubt as to wether or not he is inoccent.
I don't really know what to think about this case because 7 of the 9 witnesses that testified at the original hearing repealed the testimony after a short time. I dont think that he is really guilty because if he was those witnesses would have stuck to the story the told. I think that they should let him serve a sentence instead of killing him because i would not like to die if i was inocent. i think that they should convict him beyond all resonable doubt before executing him.
But if he is guilty I would kill him because he killed another man. i dont think that the goverment should waste time on killers instead they should just be killed off. Dead men cant hurt others so kill them.
Wow-that is tough. He was also 19. I think life in prison w/out parole would be better. Basically b/c of his age-19 is young.
ReplyDeleteIt's also scary to hear about the witness testimony. I hope the judge is right on this one.
Innocent until proven guilty is the supposed motto of all justice sytsems. There would be only one way to tell whether or not the guys is innocent, use a trick.
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