Comments on: troy anthony davis

By: Manchild

Manchild — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:45:32 +0000

Hello Paisley,

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a “Stay Of Execution” to keep Mr. Troy Davis from dying last month for a crime he did not commit. God willing, Troy will get the jury trial he deserves that will set him free.

Manchild

By: Laurie Blau-Marshall

Laurie Blau-Marshall — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:54:11 +0000

Hello Ms. Paisley! This may be the first time I’ve been to this blog rather than the poetry one. I love it. Very thoughtful. Our justice system would be great if people weren’t so self-serving; police want to close their cases, prosecutors want to improve their records, supposed witnesses want their 15 minutes…not to mention the nefarious motivations some have. You may be interested in some documentaries: The Thin Blue Line, Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost 1 & 2.

Anyway, I stopped by to thank you for your kind comments and to invite you to come over and enter my 100th post give-away contest.

Laurie

P.S. btw, France elected a socialist leader a few years back - sans revolution - I have no idea how it altered their country, or if it did at all.

By: surfaceearth

surfaceearth — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:40:20 +0000

Amen Paisley. I recently put a quote on my site, provided by another:

The only thing required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. (paraphrased from recollection, may not be accurate)

(I found you over at Cordie’s)

Surface Earth

By: meleah rebeccah

meleah rebeccah — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:40:23 +0000

I cant even fathom what that man must be going through …..

By: rebecca

rebecca — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:53:17 +0000

i took a criminology course a few years back. it was very educating. simply, the death penalty does not work. it does not work because too many innocent men (more so than guilty ones) die. and who are the majority of these men? blacks. and who are the majority of men on death row? blacks. revenge is a powerful emotion and justice, whether just or not, must be had, even at the expense of innocent heads. i can’t even read about stuff like this because it angers me.

By: Bobby Revell

Bobby Revell — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:35:10 +0000

Hi Jodi, I saw the news about this yesterday and was pleased to see this man may get justice. The legal system is so corrupted - cops and prosecutors vying for promotions and pay raises - it’s ridiculous. It also makes life harder for those honorable people trying to do their jobs honestly. I hope he goes free.

Please come read my new fiction…it’s so strange!!!!

By: Gemma

Gemma — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:58:07 +0000

I’m afraid I must claim ignorance of this case! I really am surprised I can’t even recall hearing anything about it! And I thought I was fairly tuned in to things like this on the world scale! Thank you for this information and raising my awareness!

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By: Genuine Gem

Genuine Gem — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:15:34 +0000

so he was executed yesterday? this is just the precise reason why I’m against execution. I mean let’s pretend its a pedophile, cut his privates off, knock yourself out…incarcerate for life…but don’t execute him, would if he’s innocent? who would want that blood on their hands? not me….

By: ann

ann — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:17:30 +0000

I rued the day the death sentence was abolished in my country, believing it to be a powerful deterrent, but when there are gross errors in judgement and innocents are wrongly incarcerated, that is bad enough, and when they are wrongly executed (as many have been and many will be) then the whole system has to be reviewed. There will always be witnesses who want their moments of fame with no thought of the consequences of their actions, but the real failure of the system is juries.

I have done jury service and unless there is 100% evidence that the accused committed the crime then I believe it is far better to err on the side of caution and let the accused go; I couldn’t have a man’s freedom or life on my conscience if I didn’t believe conclusively he was guilty.

Rose, most states and jurisdictions probably refuse to open up old cases because they don’t want to be proved wrong!