emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
Junk Science? Unreliable Witnesses? No Matter, Texas Plans to Execute Robert Pruett Anyway – Mother Jones
Between this man getting on death row at 15 for a stabbing murder committed by his FATHER Sam Pruett (for which the son Robert got capital punishment as a felony accessory of accomplice)
then getting "framed" for the killing of a prison guard long targeted by many others,
there was no proof connecting him to the actual act. The lawyers with David Dow and the Innocence Project
fought for further DNA testing after past tests proved "inconclusive" but the State wants to proceed with
execution instead of pursuing further testing that could prove guilt or prove innocence, which Robert still claims.
If this case gets so botched, it could spell the end of "trusting the state with the process of the death penalty"
if authorities REFUSE to allow DNA testing for fear it might prove innocence.
If this man gets executed anyway,
could this spell the end of the death penalty by incompetence by the state to fulfill due process?
Look at the case of the capital murder shooting
of the office at Texas Tech by a student from a well respected family.
A Texas Tech student was charged with capital murder in fatal shooting of a campus police officer
(one article says the mother called authorities in fear her son was sounding suicidal
and may have a weapon. So if this was suicidal/drug related, that might explain
how this happened to someone who is not normally a "threat to society" or to police.)
Could that spell the end of capital punishment if people have sympathy for him?
Why not for others?
Could this change things if young white men change the image of
putting people to death who might be seen as standing a chance in society
of not posing a "continuing threat".
BTW for the 77th birthday of prison reform advocate RAY HILL
I would like to establish the equal choice to fund RESTORATIVE JUSTICE instead of only funding the death penalty in capital cases. why not separate funding by BELIEFS where taxpayers can CHOOSE to fund universal health care
instead of paying for executions and prisons/detention that makes worse criminals by keeping or making people sicker!! www.earnedamnesty.org
Between this man getting on death row at 15 for a stabbing murder committed by his FATHER Sam Pruett (for which the son Robert got capital punishment as a felony accessory of accomplice)
then getting "framed" for the killing of a prison guard long targeted by many others,
there was no proof connecting him to the actual act. The lawyers with David Dow and the Innocence Project
fought for further DNA testing after past tests proved "inconclusive" but the State wants to proceed with
execution instead of pursuing further testing that could prove guilt or prove innocence, which Robert still claims.
If this case gets so botched, it could spell the end of "trusting the state with the process of the death penalty"
if authorities REFUSE to allow DNA testing for fear it might prove innocence.
If this man gets executed anyway,
could this spell the end of the death penalty by incompetence by the state to fulfill due process?
Look at the case of the capital murder shooting
of the office at Texas Tech by a student from a well respected family.
A Texas Tech student was charged with capital murder in fatal shooting of a campus police officer
(one article says the mother called authorities in fear her son was sounding suicidal
and may have a weapon. So if this was suicidal/drug related, that might explain
how this happened to someone who is not normally a "threat to society" or to police.)
Could that spell the end of capital punishment if people have sympathy for him?
Why not for others?
Could this change things if young white men change the image of
putting people to death who might be seen as standing a chance in society
of not posing a "continuing threat".
BTW for the 77th birthday of prison reform advocate RAY HILL
I would like to establish the equal choice to fund RESTORATIVE JUSTICE instead of only funding the death penalty in capital cases. why not separate funding by BELIEFS where taxpayers can CHOOSE to fund universal health care
instead of paying for executions and prisons/detention that makes worse criminals by keeping or making people sicker!! www.earnedamnesty.org
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