This is how fucked up capital punishment is, as practiced in this country, today.
Some of you may remember an election cycle not too long ago, where a certain governor from a certain state, let's call him "Yosemite Sam".....made a bid for the presidency in the same term as having refused to grant a stay of sentence for a man who's conviction was found to be, in the exact words of federal investigators..."based upon witchcraft".
Further, the witch in question who provided this evidence, a career arson "specialist" with mounds of convictions attributed to his expert opinion and testimony, was not only let loose, but brought up on federal charges for what he had done, in relation to this case and many others..and now rots...himself...in a federal prison.
The call was made, the request was denied, and the lever was pulled. The deceased's final words were the repeated assertion of his innocence....something he had been asserting for more than a decade, in prison. When questioned about this,Yosimite Sam said...in many more words, that the guy was a fucking sleazeball anyway.
Why is this story relevant as more than a demonstration of the fucked up state of our system...? Because this was -not- the reason he lost his election bid. This was known, no one gives a shit....we silently agree. He was a sleazeball. Bzzzzzzzzzt
Some of you may remember an election cycle not too long ago, where a certain governor from a certain state, let's call him "Yosemite Sam".....made a bid for the presidency in the same term as having refused to grant a stay of sentence for a man who's conviction was found to be, in the exact words of federal investigators..."based upon witchcraft".
Further, the witch in question who provided this evidence, a career arson "specialist" with mounds of convictions attributed to his expert opinion and testimony, was not only let loose, but brought up on federal charges for what he had done, in relation to this case and many others..and now rots...himself...in a federal prison.
The call was made, the request was denied, and the lever was pulled. The deceased's final words were the repeated assertion of his innocence....something he had been asserting for more than a decade, in prison. When questioned about this,Yosimite Sam said...in many more words, that the guy was a fucking sleazeball anyway.
Why is this story relevant as more than a demonstration of the fucked up state of our system...? Because this was -not- the reason he lost his election bid. This was known, no one gives a shit....we silently agree. He was a sleazeball. Bzzzzzzzzzt
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