You sound as if you think all it takes is a trial. You should move to China. They will love you as a citizen.
Innocent people are found guilty by U.S. courts. That is fact. And in this case, the innocent person was put to death. That is a crime.
Irrelevant truth. So what? If you even had the slightest inkling of a perfect system, share your enlightenment with the rest of us.
And in this case, the innocent person was put to death. That is a crime.
Complete and utter BS. The chance this clown was innocent is so small that claiming his innocence can only amount to massive intellectual dishonesty. It doesn't take twenty years to execute someone without reason. By the time the switch is pulled, the case has been checked and rechecked dozens of times.
Are innocent people occasionally sentenced to death? Of course. Are innocent people executed? In spite of the ardent fantasies of anti-death penalty activists, apparently not. If an innocent person were executed, anti-death penalty whackjobs wouldn't have to resort to a whole pile of half-truths and deceptions to insinuate that this or that guy may, possibly have been innocent if you essentially ignore all the facts of the case.
Please provide your evidence that this person was "innocent."
Not by the time they get to death row. Sorry, no sympathy here. What do you expect the criminal's lawyer to say...."Oh, justice was served" or "Oh, I screwed up his case"....eh?
I Love Texas! You can go to China and tell me all about the friends you meet there. Ha! Lighten up....I said that all in fun.
CRIMINAL HISTORY/PUNISHMENT PHASE EVIDENCE
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals summarized the evidence presented during the punishment phase of Cameron Todd Willingham’s trial as follows:
At the punishment phase of trial, testimony was presented that Willingham has a history of violence. He has been convicted of numerous felonies and misdemeanors, both as an adult and as a juvenile, and attempts at various forms of rehabilitation have proven unsuccessful.
The jury also heard evidence of Willingham’s character. Witnesses testified that Willingham was verbally and physically abusive toward his family, and that at one time he beat his pregnant wife in an effort to cause a miscarriage. A friend of Willingham’s testified that Willingham once bragged about brutally killing a dog. In fact, Willingham openly admitted to a fellow inmate that he purposely started this fire to conceal evidence that the children had been abused.
Dr. James Grigson testified for the state at punishment. According to his testimony, Willingham fits the profile of a sociopath whose conduct becomes more violent over time, and who lacks a conscience. Grigson explained that a person with this degree of sociopathy commonly has no regard for other people’s property or for other human beings. He expressed his opinion that an individual demonstrating this type of behavior can not be rehabilitated in any manner, and that such a person certainly poses a continuing threat to society.
Boy - jumping on the anti- Death Penalty side awfully quickly, aren't you? The article offers ZERO evidence this guy was innocent of the crime executed for. It simply is another exercise in the destruction of the criminal justice system.
The closest to calling him innocent was "might".