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Fri 17 Aug, 2007 09:16 am
How do they justify his death?
They're texans and love their guns. Any other means of ending life is always welcome.
In Texas, one need not pull the trigger to get convicted of first degree murder. It is deemed sufficient to be with the actual killer.
This makes no sense at all.
I'm glad I don't live in Texas.
One wold think most people in the west had moved past the 'an eye for an eye' logic.
Most people believe they are beyond "an eye for an eye" logic, but if you watch them long enough, you begin to perceive that the majority engage in it, nonetheless.
edgarblythe wrote:Most people believe they are beyond "an eye for an eye" logic, but if you watch them long enough, you begin to perceive that the majority engage in it, nonetheless.
Very true. Not only do people engage in it, but it's even incorporated in the penal system to some extent. Not only in America, but everywhere.
Yippie! - edgarblythe
AUSTIN ?- Gov. Rick Perry offered a rare reprieve today to a death row inmate who was sentenced to die for a killing he did not personally carry out.
Six hours before Kenneth Foster was scheduled to die, Perry accepted a recommendation from the state board of pardon and paroles and commuted Foster's death sentence to life in prison.
In a statement, Perry said he arrived at "the right and just decision" after carefully reviewing the facts and after considering the board's 6-1 recommendation, which was issued earlier this morning.
Foster, a former gang member from San Antonio, was sentenced to die for being an accessory to the murder of 25-year-old law student Michael LaHood Jr., who was killed in 1996 at age 25. Foster, who was then 19, was the getaway driver in a car some 80 feet away from where one of his buddies shot and killed LaHood during a botched robbery.
Perry specifically cited the fact that Foster was tried, convicted and sentenced directly alongside the triggerman, which could have tainted the jury's punishment choice.
Hopefully this precedent will begin something better.in Texass.
Hmmmmm... life in prison still seems a bit harsh, given what I know about the situation (which is very little).
littlek wrote:Hmmmmm... life in prison still seems a bit harsh, given what I know about the situation (which is very little).
Probably, but, we were not in the court room. That's why I haven't ventured an opinion on that aspect.
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