None of us here know the specifics of the case.
What witnesses were credible? How many recanted? How many did not recant? Did the appeals process present any new information? Was there additional evidence that we are not aware of? A weapon? A blood stained shirt? Powder residue on his hands? We just don't know. We don't even know for a fact that race was indeed an issue, as it is a political card often played as a means to an end. We don't know that he was a dirty cop or if he was a innocent victim who left behind a wife and three kids. Did the justice system fail him? From the outside it appears that the State of Georgia made a 20 year effort to give this man every opportunity, and finally had to give the real victims some justice.
My point? It's all speculation on our part. This man may have been guilty, he may not have been. There's no way we can know, and therefore I personally can't make a judgement call on this particular execution.
In reference to the death penalty in general (not this case), I say if you take another persons life in cold blood, you forfeit your own. What use does any society have for the lawless violent behavior of a person willing to take a life at random ... or even worse, for pleasure?
What witnesses were credible? How many recanted? How many did not recant? Did the appeals process present any new information? Was there additional evidence that we are not aware of? A weapon? A blood stained shirt? Powder residue on his hands? We just don't know. We don't even know for a fact that race was indeed an issue, as it is a political card often played as a means to an end. We don't know that he was a dirty cop or if he was a innocent victim who left behind a wife and three kids. Did the justice system fail him? From the outside it appears that the State of Georgia made a 20 year effort to give this man every opportunity, and finally had to give the real victims some justice.
My point? It's all speculation on our part. This man may have been guilty, he may not have been. There's no way we can know, and therefore I personally can't make a judgement call on this particular execution.
In reference to the death penalty in general (not this case), I say if you take another persons life in cold blood, you forfeit your own. What use does any society have for the lawless violent behavior of a person willing to take a life at random ... or even worse, for pleasure?
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