> From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/24/national/24DNA.html?pagewanted=1 > > "Judge Laura Denvir Stith seemed not to believe what she was hearing. > A prosecutor was trying to block a death row inmate from having his > conviction reopened on the basis of new evidence, and Judge Stith, of > the Missouri Supreme Court, was getting exasperated. "Are you > suggesting," she asked the prosecutor, that "even if we find > Mr. Amrine > is actually innocent, he should be executed?" > > Frank A. Jung, an assistant state attorney general, replied, "That's > correct, your honor.""
Ah, the great state of Missouri. How wonderful it is to be a resident... And politicians wonder why many people who (like me) conceptually have no problem with the death penalty, don't like the way it is handled in practice. One innocent person put to death is too many. - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
