Comments on: Troy Davis is “innocent” because…

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:48:00 +0000

It’s bizarre. It would seem obvious that the primary argument that the DP advocates would want to make in this case is that, well, he really did it, followed by “he’s had due process,” with the horribleness of the crime (and that’s an easy argument to make; we’re talking murder, after all, which is worse than naughty) after that.

(The late John M. Ford put the whole issue well, I think: the argument over the death penalty is basically a religious argument. Some people believe that there is no combination of horribleness of crime and certainty of proof that makes it legitimate to execute somebody; others think that there is.)

By: A Voice of Sanity

A Voice of Sanity — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:35:02 +0000

Looks like the ‘system’ has stopped short of the cliff edge once more – for a few days.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:37:48 +0000

There you are! I was starting to get worried about you. I almost e-mailed you!

By: SPO

SPO — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:04:04 +0000

Davis is going to be executed. And then no one (except family) is going to care. That’s the way it is.

Oh well, he did it.

By: A Voice of Sanity

A Voice of Sanity — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:45:56 +0000

Re: Paul “I used to be a Judge” Cassell

I’m surprised (but not so much now) at how many lawyers, many former prosecutors and some, albeit briefly, judges, who are more than willing to go on TV and prove their incompetence at analyzing evidence and forming logical conclusions, a task which jury members are always expected to do without training.