US SupCt Reverses $14M Jury Award
 

No Prosecutorial Liability To Exonerated Death Row Prisoner

It's a case with big money, mistaken eye witnesses, undisclosed exculpatory evidence, the death penalty, a 5-4 ruling and the father of singer Harry Connick, Jr.

"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass -- a idiot."

Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

Freed After 13 Years on Death Row, TN Man Awaits Governor's Decision on Compensation

House is among 138 people on death row in the U.S. who had their convictions and sentences thrown out since 1973, according to the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, which opposes capital punishment. In 17 of those cases, DNA testing played a substantial role in establishing reasonable doubt.

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There are 23 states that don't have laws allowing compensation for those wrongly convicted of crimes and released from prison. In Tennessee, House could get up to $1 million under state law, but he must be exonerated by the governor first.

The law, as you know far better than us, is highly imperfect.

But what human institution isn't?

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Makes you wonder how many people this country has wrongly executed. Time to ban the death penalty -- yesterday.

There's no going back after an execution. Not to mention the colossal waste of money compared to life in prison.

Let's keep vicious beings who share little in common with us but their outward appearance alive so that they may enjoy the remainder of their days and revel in the screams and cries of their brutally murdered victims.

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Don't know about you, but I wouldn't imagine that a long time in jail is particularly "enjoyable."

No recidivism, no escape from capital punishment.

How confident are you that the executed are guilty? What percentage of innocent people being executed is tolerable?

How many innocent people would Jesus execute?

Zero tolerance for mistakes with capital punishment and yet no people are perfect. Eye witnesses are notoriously unreliable for one example. Most jurors do not process information very well.

Once you grant approval for a government to kill its own citizens it then becomes a question of when and who they will kill. Not good ground for people with dubious decision making skills. When you raise the bar that high does it give free license for lesser mistreatment? If killing is OK then a little torture must be OK also, right? Once again dubious judgement and free rein (reign) not a good combination.

I read recently that worldwide 3000 people per day die of traffic accidents. If human life were valued changes would be made. This one deserves its own thread.

Isn't there a record of a close relative executing at least one?

I think I got that. If I did ... that was wrong Kerry. Very very wrong. Funny, but very very wrong.

Infinitely preferable apparently than experiencing the appropriate consequences of their actions.

Do you have any idea of the brutality and barbarity of these murderers?

you can literally feel your life essence dying when you stand in their presence.

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