Justice Denied

How crazy can it get, just to execute a murderer?

Any excuse, dodge, whatever.
I hate the continual battle to provide justice.

Hearing to Delve Into Texas Executions

Capital punishment in Texas will go on trial Monday, as lawyers for an accused killer prepare to argue that the death penalty is unconstitutional because it carries high risks that innocent people could be executed.
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With 464 executions in the last three decades, Texas has put to death far more convicts than any other state. But a dozen death-row inmates have been exonerated of the crimes of which they were convicted.

I find that claim suspicious.

If it was one person and the details given, I maybe able to buy that argument, but a dozen, without details?

Typical defense lawyer argument.In any event, there is no claim of an innocent person executed.



The Harris County District Attorney's office declined to comment on the hearing. But in a brief filed with the court, prosecutors called "largely unfounded and/or exaggerated" claims that innocent defendants have been convicted in other death-penalty cases, and argued that such claims should not prevent them from pursuing capital punishment for Mr. Green.

Isn't that what I said?

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Legal Challenge to the Death Penalty Begins in Texas


The death penalty went on trial Monday in Texas, a state where more prisoners are executed every year than in any other and where exonerations of people on death row occur with surprising regularity.

Justice in is country rarely happens with surprising regularity.

The hearing stems from a routine argument defense lawyers make in most death penalty cases.

With surprising regularity.

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