Oh, and guess who he wrote for!
'"The Farm," a prison documentary that was nominated for an Oscar in 1999, and wrote and narrated an award-winning National Public Radio documentary.'
The "system" that has kept him in jail for 40 years is working in his case. That it isn't working in the case of other murderers, who got out after only 10 years, is not a reason to let him out.
He did admit his guilt.
He should have been hung 44 years ago. Where was his mercy for the person he killed? When the moment of truth came, he had none - no rehabilitation can wash that stain away.
if you murder someone, you just better count your blessings if you are alive!
If I was in that 4th trial as a juror, I would recommend hanging this time around just so he will quit wasting honest people/s money and time with trash like him.
It will be interesting to see the outcome of this trial. They moved the jury selection to Monroe La which is in the NE corner of the state.... Once selected they have now moved back to Lake Charles for the trial and jurors are sequestered.
The defense which includes Johnnie Cochran is hoping for a manslaughter conviction which would allow him to be released based upon time served... I assume the DA is seeking a murder conviction.
He was originally sentenced to death but was spared that fate when the US Supreme Court overturned Louisiana's death penalty in 1972. His sentence was converted to life in prison without parole.
What a waste of taxpayer dollars on this scumbag!
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1105489143237861.xml&storylist=louisiana