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Thread ID: 120727 2011-09-22 21:39:00 Controversial execution carried out after 20 years on death row. Trev (427) PC World Chat
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1233077 2011-09-22 21:39:00 Here. (www.nzherald.co.nz)
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Trev (427)
1233078 2011-09-22 22:11:00 Heard a bit about that on the radio yesterday.

Just reading the article, interesting piece near the end
The high court set a tough standard for Davis to exonerate himself, ruling that his attorneys must "clearly establish'' Davis' innocence a higher bar to meet than prosecutors having to prove guilt. What happened to innocent till proven guilty. Going by the article, there may have in fact been some doubt
Witnesses placed Davis at the crime scene and identified him as the shooter, but several of them have recanted their accounts and some jurors have said they've changed their minds about his guiltReading everything that is available it may read differently.
wainuitech (129)
1233079 2011-09-22 22:29:00 He's been proven guilty several times according to the usual rules. Apparently even the legal system eventually tired of the procession of lawyers enthusiastically squeezing money out of the case. R2x1 (4628)
1233080 2011-09-22 22:54:00 And when he is finally proven innocent, they will of course, resurrect him. KarameaDave (15222)
1233081 2011-09-22 23:08:00 This guy was guilty and deserves execution. prefect (6291)
1233082 2011-09-22 23:25:00 And when he is finally proven innocent, they will of course, resurrect him.

Little point in proving him innocent now.
Bobh (5192)
1233083 2011-09-23 00:58:00 Can you not recognise sarcasm? KarameaDave (15222)
1233084 2011-09-23 01:18:00 He's been proven guilty several times according to the usual rules. Apparently even the legal system eventually tired of the procession of lawyers enthusiastically squeezing money out of the case. Really!! explain this then
The case drew attention for having no physical evidence linking him to the crime. Seven of the nine witnesses who helped convict Davis have retracted or recanted their testimony.
The case was also racially-charged


The main reason was because he was accused of killing a cop - there are many other crimes that have killed more people and they are sitting in some prison getting food water and shelter.

On the radio yesterday they were actually talking to another person that was on death row, his sentence was stopped at the last hour, it took many years, but in the end they found the real killer, and the accused was realised, now a free man, proven innocent.

if he was guilty or not, the cops will never tell. Its been happening for awhile Others Proven Innocent (www.amnestyusa.org)
wainuitech (129)
1233085 2011-09-23 01:24:00 Everyone wants to see capital punishment "an eye for an eye" but when it comes to the crunch everyone thinks its ....... wrong? Gobe1 (6290)
1233086 2011-09-23 01:39:00 Everyone wants to see capital punishment "an eye for an eye" but when it comes to the crunch everyone thinks its ....... wrong?

I'm all for death for nasty crimes, but only where it's been proven, and I mean properly, not lawyer dodginess. Because innocent people do get executed in the US.
pctek (84)
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