Is Georgia going to execute an Innocent man?

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by agzg

I don't know - I'm less concerned about fairness to the victim's family when you consider the finality of an execution. Saying that it's tiring to go through this again and again? Sure. Saying something is unfair to you because his lawyers are doing their jobs? Yeah, I'm really not so concerned with fairness for them.

The thing that also irritated me was that she used "feel" a lot. ("I feel he is guilty". "We feel he is guilty").

For this type of absolute punishment, you need an absolute certainty. You can't kill people you "feel" are guilty.

Yes, I know he went to trial and yes, I know he was found guilty. BUT, the American Justice system (especially in a case with doubt as rampant as this one) is not an absolute.

Besides, if he isn't guilty, don't you want to know what really happened? People just fixate too much on a comfortable truth, without any regard as to if it is the actual truth.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AOEforme

Besides, if he isn't guilty, don't you want to know what really happened? People just fixate too much on a comfortable truth, without any regard as to if it is the actual truth.

From the perspective of the family, it's hard to deal with the fact that what you believed to be true, might not be true anymore. If he's not guilty, it's painful for them just because now they have no clue who did this and have to start from square one (reliving the whole thing and trying to find the real killer.)

This is not to say that I think they should execute someone in the face of immense doubt just to satisfy a familial need for closure (I'm against capital punishment for a variety of reasons.) I'm just saying that that's where they might be coming from.

[AOEforme]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

From the perspective of the family, it's hard to deal with the fact that what you believed to be true, might not be true anymore. If he's not guilty, it's painful for them just because now they have no clue who did this and have to start from square one (reliving the whole thing and trying to find the real killer.)

This is not to say that you should execute someone in the face of immense doubt just to placate a family, but I'm just saying that that's where they might be coming from.

No, I get that. It's hard to feel that the evil guilty person who stole your son/brother/etc. from you is "getting off" scot free. (Look at random people with Casey Anthony.....).

I just don't ever think another death justifies, rectifies, or amends the first. I don't think it can really soothe the heartache of having a loved one stolen from you.