First, there was that tragedy in Georgia.
As it’s been said, “Justice is open to everyone in the same way as the Ritz Hotel.”
Now, this. Regardless of whether or not Hank Skinner is guilty, our criminal justice system just has to be better than this. Because if it’s not, it flies in the face of some of our most sacred American legal principles: fairness and due process.
And it scares the ever-loving shit out of me personally.
“It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.” ~Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States.
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Something seriously wrong with the world when people would rather not lose a case or admit they made an error at the expense of a mans life.
By: TurnJacson on November 3, 2011
at 6:59 pm
Amen!
By: Jaysey on November 3, 2011
at 7:29 pm
Makes me think of that movie Conviction, have you seen it? It’s gooood.
By: Colly on January 17, 2012
at 2:30 pm