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Trust me, being from Louisiana I know the sad answer to my question and this guy is scum no matter what his race.

However, having a Justice System that would deny blacks seats on juries and deny a black defendant the right to a fair trial is a far greater injustice than murder.

The man has served more than 40 years and yes he is scum and the Lord will have greater retribution for him than earth can provide. Now Louisiana has to pay for their sins and we can all pray that this old man does not kill again.

So let me see if I can follow your logic.

Since Louisiana was unfair to blacks in the Jim Crow era, the murder should be let free. Letting a murderer out of prison because he was convicted during the Jim Crow era is just, because the state that convicted him was unjust. Minorities not being able to sit on a jury is a worse crime than murder (the actual taking of a persons life), so the murder should be absolved.

Now we should just sit around and hope that he behaves. Because we have to do some sort of cosmic penance, I imagine (help me out here??)

Okay.

Usually logic follows some sort of reasonable sequence and the two things you are trying to relate actually have something in common. Let's try a few exercises on how not to construct a syllogism.

1) My father has a red dog that is kind.
2) I see a red dog on the street.
3) Therefore that dog must belong to my father OR
4) Therefore that dog is kind.

Next one.

1) The murder was black.
2) Black people suffered under Jim Crow laws.
3) Therefore, the murderer should go free.

Hope that helps.

APf

What a glorious crock of condescending you know what you are peddling here. Louisiana paying for its sins?? You make me want to throw up. I detest superciliousness in all its forms particularly the one you are sending out.

And I am born and bred in Louisiana my people having come here prior to the purchase. This bastard with a white or a black jury is guilty, he confessed and you are seeing his freeing as some weird punishment for Louisiana.