Save An Innocent Man, Please.

Posted by kw

I have no idea where to begin. I am filled with pain because an innocent man will be killed on September 23rd. He may not be innocent, but as far as those who've followed his case are concerned, he is. I'm gonna write about his story, again, even if you've read it, seen it, lived it and put sprinkles on top.

This man will die, unless you help him. And your help is not enough. He'll die, regardless. Think about it. If you do nothing, he'll die. If you reach out, he'll die. If you were him, you'd die. He is now the walking dead. A person just like you, at a fast-food joint. A crime's committed, but the responding officer is shot and killed. Now, you are the suspect.

There is no physical evidence, but that doesn't matter. You were there. You are black, in pc speak, an African-American. But really, if you were considered "truly American", then the proud "African" add-on would not apply here.

At this point, I'd like to post a statement that I glommed at the Huffington Post:

My name is Kirk Bloodsworth, and my case was the first capital conviction case in the United States to be overturned through DNA testing. I was exonerated in 1993 after spending almost nine years in prison, including two on death row, for a crime I did not commit.
Eyewitness misidentification played a pivotal role in my conviction and is now a major issue in the case of Georgia death row inmate, Troy Davis . In Davis' case, seven of the nine eyewitnesses have recanted or contradicted their original testimony. The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles will review his case on August 9 but he faces execution.

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2 comments

Anonymous

This points to one of a number of reasons that capital punishment is wrong: no system of criminal justice has ever been perfect. Capital punishment says "As a society, we're willing to kill an innocent person once in a while instead of making the maximum sentence life in prison."

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Paul~Thank you for taking the time to comment. What you write is horribly true. Therein lies the tragedy of this society, that we humans who often cling to a belief of Divine Justice, feel the need to make revenge a fatal choice.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

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