Posted on 03/14/2013 7:01:01 PM PDT by Morgana
Duane Buck is guilty of murder. Of that, there is no question. In 1995 he shot and killed his then-girlfriend as well as her male companion in her Houston, Texas, apartment. Not surprisingly, in execution-prone Texas, Buck was sentenced to the death penalty for his crime.
What seems on the surface to be an open-and-shut murder conviction, however, has become one of the most racially explosive cases of the past several decades—unveiling evidence of systemic racial discrimination in Texas’s criminal justice system.
The problem with Buck’s case is this: During the penalty phase of the trial, Harris County prosecutors benefitted from the testimony of controversial psychologist Walter Quijano.
Asked in open court if “the race factor, black” increased Buck’s risk of reoffending, Quijano answered “yes.” The so-called expert went on to testify that being either African American or Latino “increases the future dangerousness for various complicated reasons.”
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will this race , homosexual turd poking, what ever card ever end?
statistics would affirm the testimony.
regqrdless, wth does it have to do with the facts he murdered two people in a state that has the death penalty?
The question was poorly worded , should have referenced historic recidivism rates... I’d offer him life without parole just to make this go away... There’s much more to worry about now without having a double murderer change the national debate on truly important matters via distraction.
The question should have been if the "death factor," would have decreased or eliminated Buck's risk of reoffending.
no... he is going to be fried for killing someone.
That people of his race tend to kill more often and/or kill again is just a FACT (the truth that shall not be spoken)
Quijano, that is a hispanic surname. So, I guess this guy is a racist hispanic. So what does that have to do with the fact that a guy was convicted of premeditated murder of two people? Sentencing, yeah, I get it. I don’t care what this politically incorrect psychologist said. In Texas, if you get convicted of Murder 1 of two people, you are almost certainly going to get the death penalty. Everything else is legal contortionism.
No. Execute all murderers to ensure fair and equal treatment.
Death Row should have a permanent population of no more than 5 inmates....one moves in.....one moves out.
Sounds like a plan.
Having this psychologist testify is what has gotten the race hustlers up in arms. The prosecution should know by now that any mention of race will only serve to wet the whistles of racists, no matter how truthful their testimony. If they have the evidence, there’s no need for statistical testimony.
Buck should be spared because the death of black victims does not warrant the death penalty>
I’m against the death penalty anyway because it is not cost effective. These criminals should just be put someplace and forgotten.
Was he asked this question on direct or on cross?
No he is going to be executed because he was a murdering lowlife scumbag who was convicted and sentenced in accordance with the law.
The death penalty would not be cost ineffective if it was administered in a timely fashion. The appellate process, sometimes, lasting more than 10 years, is what makes it cost ineffective. Justice delayed is justice denied. There should be a way to expedite the process in cases where is no shred of exculpatory evidence or mitigating circumstances.
But being what it is ....
“statistics would affirm the testimony.
Regqrdless, wth does it have to do with the facts he murdered two people in a state that has the death penalty?”...
Good point.. Bottom feeders love to introduce crap like that when the plead a case. Makes no damn difference what race the perp was, the people are dead and he killed them. End of story.
But wait, one man’s statement will over turn that? The guy making the statement made just that, a statement. The guy pulling the trigger when he killed the “folks”, also made a statement. (The perp isn’t against life in prison, he wants to now save his sorry butt). PATHETIC!
I've been saying this for almost all of the 20+ years I've been working in the criminal justice system. Pass a federal law. Any state that sentences a defendant to death instantly loses jurisdiction over the case, and it goes straight to the US Supreme Court. The defendant gets one appeal, rather than bouncing back and forth between various levels of state and federal appellate courts for the next 10 or 20 years at taxpayer expense. If he loses, fry him.
Makes no damn difference what race the perp was, the people are dead and he killed them. End of story. But wait, one man’s statement will over turn that? The guy making the statement made just that, a statement.
Yes, and it takes nothing away from the overwhelming evidence of the defendant's guilt. But remember the O.J. Simpson murder case? One detective used the word "nigg@r" several years before the investigation, and somebody remembered and testified about it. "NOT GUILTY," despite all the evidence, and when the verdict was announced on TV, crowds of black people stood up and cheered and hugged each other.
Yes, they celebrate when a murderer goes free.
If you kill someone it Texas, we kill you back.
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