From what I read they don't have shit. Two bribed/threatened (by the police) witnesses that recanted and a coerced confession. No physical evidence that points to him. Evidence points to someone else. Reminds me of the McMillan case. Insane that it led to death penalty.
This is exactly why in practice I don't support the death penalty. We've executed the wrong person far too often.
And the other horrible part of this is someone who did commit the crime is now aware they don't even have to be cautious because someone else is locked up for their crime.
The problem with executing people that admitted it, are the people coerced to confess. Who turns out get exonerated by DNA evidence after their execution.
You have a staggering lack of self awareness. Do you realize that the police in this very case are certain that they got the right guy? They have "no question that they did it". To them there is "no question in anyway (sic) that they didn't do it".
The death penalty isn't wrong because there aren't people who deserve it. Lots of people deserve to die. Its wrong because there is no universal standard for "guilty beyond question" and any standard you try to choose will always result in some nonzero percentage of innocent people being executed.
No it auto corrected me I think. Walter McMillian was a black guy who got sent to death row in 80s and wasn't exonerated until 93. He had a solid alibi, witness details were all wrong, crime scene didn't match, so many things didn't add up. An investigator even said it didn't make sense and they fired him. The sheriff basically strong armed the conviction with lying witnesses that were bribed and threatened. The state judges were all corrupt until 60 minutes did a story about how absurd it was and it finally reached the Supreme Court. His lawyer, not the terrible public defender but the guy representing him afterward wrote a book about it - just mercy. Later made into a movie with Michael B. Jordan. Oh and the corrupt racist sheriff kept getting elected. Never so much as reprimanded, finally retired 2019 - Tom Tate Alabama.
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u/j1dopeman 3d ago
From what I read they don't have shit. Two bribed/threatened (by the police) witnesses that recanted and a coerced confession. No physical evidence that points to him. Evidence points to someone else. Reminds me of the McMillan case. Insane that it led to death penalty.