My dad was a prosecutor. I think probably all of his cases were tried before DNA evidence was common. He didn't believe in the death penalty most of the time, because he said that it was possible to make a mistake. One of the last cases I saw him try, though, he did push for the death penalty, and that guy is on death row now. Even in our state, the wheels of justice turn slowly. The murder was in 1991, 27 years ago.
I always think about what Ron White said about Texas having an express lane.
Ronnie Lee Gardner didn't have a chance. His early life was an absolute train wreck. Social services should have put him in foster care - that would have been better than the way he was raised. Because of that, he ended up a murderer. I'm not excusing him. Many people overcome worse things, but not very often.
Well now Ronnie Lee and us all know LOL
Gnight Atticus