tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post2556888030034272146..comments2024-01-02T10:09:58.744-08:00Comments on Preaching to the choir: Could Colorado be #7?Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-4871192542845213552013-03-20T21:50:30.681-07:002013-03-20T21:50:30.681-07:00I know. I throw up a little bit every time I hear ...I know. I throw up a little bit every time I hear a prosecutor or death penalty proponent claim exonerations are proof the system works. Very warped thinking. Especially coming from the people who usually fight tooth and nail to get and preserve every conviction.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-56972142963728893052013-03-20T21:36:21.354-07:002013-03-20T21:36:21.354-07:00Brandley's case isn't proof that the syste...Brandley's case isn't proof that the system works. It's proof that the system doesn't work.<br /><br />Who would be impressed with a hospital where the doctors couldn't cure you, the ward porter did but the doctors then claimed that this proved their medicine worked?<br /><br />Brandley's case wasn't overturned at any point by the system until James McCloskey, of Centurion Ministries in Princeton, New Jersey, took an interest along with other parties.<br /><br />When he was finally released, after long delays, the local police and prosecutors showed no interest in finding any other suspects.<br /><br />The racial animus in this case was blatant and extreme. The trial played out like a legal lynching.A Voice of Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285284153694191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-23208309983707538102013-03-20T08:11:46.330-07:002013-03-20T08:11:46.330-07:00Sadly, we can find dozens of cases like Brandley&#...Sadly, we can find dozens of cases like Brandley's. I focus on the other two because they were both executed. One of those [bad word] prosecutors last night would tell you Brandley's case is proof that the system works. Ugh.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12429147325673256508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2248881149749925934.post-8490227321789703342013-03-19T23:35:29.920-07:002013-03-19T23:35:29.920-07:00They don't dare to mention Cameron Todd Willin...<i>They don't dare to mention Cameron Todd Willingham or Carlos DeLuna.</i><br /><br />Or Clarence Brandley in Conroe Texas.<br /><br />Quote: Suspicion immediately fell on two of the custodians, Brandley and Henry (Icky) Peace, who had found the body. During their joint interrogation — as Peace would recount — Texas Ranger Wesley Styles told them, “One of you is going to have to hang for this” and then, turning to Brandley, added, “Since you’re the nigger, you’re elected.”A Voice of Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285284153694191831noreply@blogger.com