Alabama death row inmate freed after 30 years - BBC News
An Alabama man has been freed after spending nearly 30 years on death row.
An Alabama man has been freed after spending nearly 30 years on death row.
Alabama death row inmate freed after 30 years
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This guy could be a double murderer... of not. It's unclear.
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I was gratified that he praised God upon his release, but I'm troubled that there is a third murder case in which he was a suspect that was never charged.
Perhaps, with the forensics of 1985, the police and everyone else was convinced he was the murderer based on the pistol found at his mother's house and didn't do their due diligence in building more evidence against him. I'm sure they thought the double homicide was enough to put him in prison, perhaps on death row, which it did. But what about the third murder? Chances are, it's long forgotten now.
What if Alabama just released a murderer back onto the streets? What if he did kill all three people, but the police did a lousy job of investigating once they found the gun?
Has justice truly been done here?
Perhaps, with the forensics of 1985, the police and everyone else was convinced he was the murderer based on the pistol found at his mother's house and didn't do their due diligence in building more evidence against him. I'm sure they thought the double homicide was enough to put him in prison, perhaps on death row, which it did. But what about the third murder? Chances are, it's long forgotten now.
What if Alabama just released a murderer back onto the streets? What if he did kill all three people, but the police did a lousy job of investigating once they found the gun?
Has justice truly been done here?
After reading both articles that were linked by users all I can say is that this was a travesty of justice that should not have happened. It's pretty apparent that the guy had completely inadequate representation at his trial due to the lack of a proper ballistics/forensics expert on his team.
We've seen a handful of old death/life sentences reversed over the years because of advances in DNA evidence that was almost non-existent thirty years ago, but the exonerating evidence in this case was relating to ballistic evidence that proved that his weapon could not have fire the bullets in any of the three cases. Other than the fact that now computers do all the hard work of matching guns to bullets, ballistic technology hasn't changed much.
We've seen a handful of old death/life sentences reversed over the years because of advances in DNA evidence that was almost non-existent thirty years ago, but the exonerating evidence in this case was relating to ballistic evidence that proved that his weapon could not have fire the bullets in any of the three cases. Other than the fact that now computers do all the hard work of matching guns to bullets, ballistic technology hasn't changed much.
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Well, I guess miscarriage of justice isnt a once in a lifetime experience for the system...and Alabama's justice system happens to be the craziest of them all...a judge who has gotten up on the wrong side of the bed can easily override any verdict from the jury and literally make you needle material...
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The whole system is corrupt from the bottom up, and anybody who does not believe this is living in denial.
This is not new of people getting released later after finding out they were innocent all along. If a person researches this issue you will find at least one a year being released that were originally falsely sentenced. Kansas just got busted about 6 years ago, and a number of judges disbarred do to them taking bribes on who to pronounce prison sentences on who not to. Them as well as their public defenders traded off cases for wins on others rather a person was guilty or not.
I think the percentage of falsely accused is a little misleading as it has to be taken into account how many are reviewed/appealed. For instance I did prison ministry in Johnson county Kansas and found out if a person signs a plea agreement they can not file for an appeal, and the other thing I found out is how they use scare tactics to get those who are not use to the system to get them to sign pleas.
That being said however what happened to grace, love, mercy, and forgiveness we as Christians are commanded to show to others???
This is not new of people getting released later after finding out they were innocent all along. If a person researches this issue you will find at least one a year being released that were originally falsely sentenced. Kansas just got busted about 6 years ago, and a number of judges disbarred do to them taking bribes on who to pronounce prison sentences on who not to. Them as well as their public defenders traded off cases for wins on others rather a person was guilty or not.
I think the percentage of falsely accused is a little misleading as it has to be taken into account how many are reviewed/appealed. For instance I did prison ministry in Johnson county Kansas and found out if a person signs a plea agreement they can not file for an appeal, and the other thing I found out is how they use scare tactics to get those who are not use to the system to get them to sign pleas.
That being said however what happened to grace, love, mercy, and forgiveness we as Christians are commanded to show to others???