OK, this guy was one of the biggest question marks of someone who has been put to death. Advocates really trumpted his case.

 

We read the book about him (Sorry, don't remember the title off the top of my head, I'll will edit when I come across it) in my Federal Habeas Corpus class, and it was basically supporting he was innocent. While my teacher and classmates were very open minded during discussions, I was the only one who really thought he was guilty after reading the book. The book glances over many obvious facts and stresses a lot of circumstantial evidence. I was also very uncomfortable with the way they totally scapegoated a few people in the book, basically accussing them of the crime.

 

I don't mean to assault anyones opinions on the death penalty, I personally support it, but obviously want to make sure guilty people only are being punished, and it's a bit of a vindication for me and a lot of supporters that these tests came back the way they did. Obviously I live in a state that showed there can be flaws in the system, but I feel those can be safeguarded against. My professor for this class, Andrea Lyons, is a wonderful attorney and does great work in this field and I respect her greatly.

arent you a little concerned that there was so much uncertainty after he was put to death. Im not arguing in favor or against the death penalty but I think that if there can be enough debate (even if he is found guilty) of whether he is guilty or not, there is cause for alarm

arent you a little concerned that there was so much uncertainty after he was put to death.  Im not arguing in favor or against the death penalty but I think that if there can be enough debate (even if he is found guilty) of whether he is guilty or not, there is cause for alarm

I really don't think there was that much uncertainty, like I said, after reading the book, which was in favor of him, I still felt he did it. He had the standard appeals process and the Govenor took a hard look at his case, and still decide to go ahead.

nothing cruel or unusual about it at all