"Joan Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hello Terry,
I agree that trials do not seem to be a search for the truth, mores the
pity. However, from all I've read and heard there seems to be a long time
between sentencing and the death penalty actually being carried out. Isn't
it usually many years? I certainly agree there is no excuse for killing
innocent people. How would you feel about the DP if you were sure there
had not been a miscarriage of justice and no innocent person would be
executed?
Joan
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: L&I Justice
> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 1:23 PM
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> >"Joan Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >
> >Hello Terry,
> >
> >Every effort should be made to make certain the individual arrested and
> >tried for a crime is actually guilty. The justice system correctly
comes
> >under attack here. No innocent should be convicted and no guilty person
> >should go free. In a perfect world - maybe. In the real world it isn't
> >so.
> >
> > Joan
>
> Hi Joan,
>
> Trials are drama and theater. They are morality plays. Only a fool
> believes they are a search for the truth. The verdict has to do with the
> resources each side can command, the abilities of the individual lawyers.
>
> It will never be a perfect world but that is not an excuse for killing
> innocent people as long as errors can be rectified. In fact we are
> hell-bent on killing those convicted as soon as possible. The Supreme
Court
> itself has agreed with the proposition that evidence of innocence is
> immaterial if it is found beyond some arbitrary time limit.
>
> When innocent people are executed we are all implicated. How are we
> different from the killers who say their victim deserved it?
> Best, Terry
>
> "Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
>
>
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