I wanted to post this video, which is from The Colbert Report earlier this month and was re-aired last night, because it is, for my money, the best argument I’ve seen for abolishing the death penalty.
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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.
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Wow, that Kirk Bloodsworth case is truly terrifying. An innocent man accused of the brutal killing and sexual assault of a nine year old girl. He spent 8 years in jail and part of that time on death row. Bloodsworth also became the first person to be exonerated from death row through postconviction DNA testing. This could have happened to anyone, it's bone chilling. That is exactly why I'm against the death penalty because innocent people have ended up on death row, it happens and has happened.
from the http://www.chicagotribune.com/bal-suspect090603,0,6949973,full.storyKimberly Shay Ruffner, a 45-year-old convicted sex offender who went to prison for an attempted rape and attempted murder in Fells Point only weeks after Dawn Hamilton was killed, was charged yesterday with first-degree murder. The Baltimore County state's attorney's office – which had never publicly acknowledged Bloodsworth's innocence – announced the development, and a prosecutor apologized to Bloodsworth in person. \”Even though I was cleared, there were so many people who didn't believe me,\” said Bloodsworth, 42, who was reached at his home in Cambridge. \”This is the proof everyone needs.\” Ruffner is still in prison for the Fells Point attack, with a release date of 2020. Baltimore County State's Attorney Sandra A. O'Connor said prosecutors will seek the death penalty in Dawn's killing. \”This was a horrendous rape-murder of a 9-year-old girl,\” O'Connor said. \”Whether or not he is incarcerated, he will be held accountable.\” While Bloodsworth's supporters said they were delighted with the outcome, they criticized Baltimore County law enforcement officials for not testing the DNA earlier.
So why isn't \”DNA evidence of innocence\” always admissable and immune to standing, time, and any other type of legal assault. \”Better 100 guilt go free than 1 person wrongly convicted\”. Seems obvious to me!