The Death Penalty - Texas executed the wrong man

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  • ComeToTX
    ComeToTX Austin Posts: 8,072
    Awful. But not surprising. Our justice system is fucked.
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Cosmo wrote:
    Look up 'Cameron Todd Willingham'. Some poor guy who was executed in Texas for a fire that was caused by a heater.
    A completely innocent man... charged and convicted as an arsonist/murderer... whose little girls were killed by a fire... that was a fucking accident.
    ...
    We call ourselves a civilized nation... a Christian nation. How about we finally start acting like one?

    If he was indeed innocent, this could possibly be the worst nightmare I can think of...your children dying, then they kill you too?! I cant imagine what it would've been like to be in that man's shoes.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,434
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    Cosmo wrote:
    Look up 'Cameron Todd Willingham'. Some poor guy who was executed in Texas for a fire that was caused by a heater.
    A completely innocent man... charged and convicted as an arsonist/murderer... whose little girls were killed by a fire... that was a fucking accident.
    ...
    We call ourselves a civilized nation... a Christian nation. How about we finally start acting like one?

    If he was indeed innocent, this could possibly be the worst nightmare I can think of...your children dying, then they kill you too?! I cant imagine what it would've been like to be in that man's shoes.

    Rick Perry called off the arson investigation so they could rush him to his execution.
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