Re: Death penalty

The article says that this was the only *physical* evidence.  It does not
say that it was the only evidence period.

How can you expect anyone to make a rational judgment on this without the
bigger picture.  I am not going to admit that his death was unjust without
knowing what the full rationale was for his conviction.

And as weighted on the side of the accused the appeals process is, I find it
hard to believe that this all hinged on a single hair. An appeals court
would have happily overturned that.

More questions. If the guy is dead where did they draw the dna to compare
from?  I want details not just vague allegations.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Lance McLain
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 7:11 AM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Death penalty

The irreversibility of this particular form of punishment is one of  
the reasons I'm against it.

regards,
-Lance

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DNA shows man may have been wrongly executed

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7290205.html

By JEFF CARLTON Associated Press C 2010
The Associated PressNov. 11, 2010, 2:50PM

DALLAS - A DNA test on a strand of hair that linked a convicted  
murderer to the crime scene shows it wasn't his - a revelation that  
strongly suggests the Texas man was wrongly executed under state law.

That single strand was the only piece of physical evidence linking  
career criminal Claude Jones to the 1989 killing of a liquor store  
owner in Point Blank, Texas. He was executed in December 2000, the  
last person put to death during George W. Bush's time as governor.

A judge would have to make the final decision on whether Jones was  
wrongly executed. Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project, a  
New York legal center, acknowledges the hair doesn't prove Jones'  
innocence but does show there was insufficient evidence to convict and  
execute him.
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