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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
I have to admit, from the very beginning of this debacle, a little voice in the back of my mind has been saying, "Dude, you never know, she could have been a total bitch."
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That was part of the defense in the Robert Blake murder case.
As far as appeals go, one reason is that since the state intends to deliberately take a human life, the process has to be as fair and above board as possible.
Just looking at some of the
death row exonerations , I am glad that the state took its time. Statistically speaking, considering the number of exonerations of death row inmates, the odds are that innocent people have been executed.
The Innocence Project has claimed 153 exonerations. Many of the people on death row are guilty, just not of murder. Vagrancy, drug possesion, and any number of lesser crimes can make a person the target of police and prosecutors trying to close a case.
In some cases the defense was inadequate. In others, the defendent was too mentally handicapped to effectively participate in his defense or pass interrogation.
So I am very happy that there is a cooling off period, expecially in cases relying on circumstantial or even single eyewitness testimony.
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