tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488869.post7150484149817870334..comments2023-09-06T01:36:44.050-07:00Comments on Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing Blog: Yes, America, We Have Executed an Innocent ManUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29488869.post-9335508275929181092012-05-21T13:51:37.322-07:002012-05-21T13:51:37.322-07:00From the Comments under the published article abov...From the Comments under the published article above:<br /><br />Richard Miller: <br /><br />Check out Warner Herzog's Movie "Into the Abyss" for a very compelling look at capital punishment. It's on netflix and worth the hour or so.<br /><br />Here's a Comment from someone who although is not a convicted abolitionist (of the death penalty) nevertheless believes we should call for a MORATORIUM: <br /><br />As a middle-aged, white, slightly right-of-center thinker, I was formerly of the hang 'em high persuasion, especially as crimes seemed to get more heinous and inhuman, and generally trusted the justice system. I first drew back somewhat from the death penalty when execution delays first stretched into years and then into decades (and in California's and other states', into perpetuity.) That's because "justice delayed is justice denied." <br /><br />I was and still am disgusted at the appeals attorneys who inevitably, purposely promote publicity for the last-minute appeals. That's a cynical ploy, and serves no good. My disgust spread, and I withdrew further from my former beliefs, when posturing DA's such as Williamson County's John Bradley. Encouraged by gubernatorial confidence in his case, he cynically and cruelly refused to permit DNA testing for years in the Morton case. Stupid, stubborn Bradley, it's not as if the prisoner is going anywhere.<br /><br />Now with the list of exonerees stretching into the dozens, with this story, and with political profiles pulling even further to the right among such as Bradley, I say we start with a moratorium on executions. Throw a bit of state funds into a third-party investigation, such as the Innocence Project; throw some education grant money at grad school programs to pursue faster DNA testing and relieve that backlog; and let's evaluate for 12-18 months. Depending on results, then let's have a voter referendum on the death penalty itself.<br /><br />For more on this story:<br /><br />Keep watching Rick Halperin's Death Pen News & Updates -- see the list of links in the Right Column on this site.CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.com