This is the case the death penalty opponents should be publicizing ...
Here.
[I'm not suggesting such cases are definitive arguments against the death penalty, but they're a heck of a lot better for the anti-death-penalty cause than the case of "Nobel Prize Nominee" Tookie Williams.]
[I'm not suggesting such cases are definitive arguments against the death penalty, but they're a heck of a lot better for the anti-death-penalty cause than the case of "Nobel Prize Nominee" Tookie Williams.]
posted by Kate Marie | 3:15 PM | Permalink
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As a death penalty proponent, that story certainly gives me pause. As a young father of two little ones, it wouldn't take much imagination for me to find myself in the same predicament.
I need to know more facts, however. The officer certainly had a valid warrant and I find it hard to believe, especially since he was pounding on the door, that he didn't announce he was a police officer. Yes, only a small bag of marijuana was found but marijuana *was* found there nevertheless. And who's to say that large quantities weren't being moved through there constantly and this just happened to be a moment in time when there just happened to be a morsel left over? I would also be shocked if the officer didn't announce himself again as he moved through the apartment. And how much was this guy really concerned about his daughter if he smokes marijuana on the premises? Also, the author says that this guy was guilty of "recklessness" at most. What he obviously doesn't know is that reckless disregard for human life is all that's needed to meet a malice requirement for murder.
Lots of questions; questions I hope the jury heard extensive facts and testimony about and considered carefully.
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