Innocent after 20 years on death row

tflontflon
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Great idea to help a cause right here on this board! Please read on!



Think for a minute about everything that you did from 1977-1997. Now,

erase it all. That?s 20 years gone ? BOOM ? just like that. I?m only

21, so that would be a LIFETIME.



I saw a play that really moved me called ?The Exonerated?. In short,

the play tells the TRUE stories of people who spent years on death row

before being found innocent and set free.



The play ran for years, but unfortunately, isn?t running anymore. But I

just saw Court TV is doing a film-version of the same play with some

bigtime actors/actresses i.e. Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon, etc.. It

airs on Jan.27th @ 9PM, but I?d check their site to be sure if it?s the

same in your time zone or whatever. www.courttv.com



I?m hoping that I could collect more people?s opinions here so I can

print and mail them to my Congressman and even my Governor. Letters

from actually people are powerful! Here?s a link to another

documentary, which gave me the idea of how to get involved!

http://deadlinethemovie.com/get_invo...ake_action.php



So if you have thoughts on the death penalty, please share them here.

Just imagine if it was you, or your friend, or family sitting innocent

on death row. FYI One of my favorite songs has the line, ?If you?re not

going to make something better, than you?re just IN THE WAY!? Let?s

all make something better right now.



Thanks so much!

Sylvia

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    fotnsfotns Posts: 301member
    This doesn't belong here.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    jwink3101jwink3101 Posts: 739member
    This should be moved to apple Outsider
  • Reply 3 of 8
    tflontflon Posts: 2member
    Hey I appreciate your response but if your not contributing to the discussion why respond?
  • Reply 4 of 8
    john.outwaterjohn.outwater Posts: 116member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by tflon

    Hey I appreciate your response but if your not contributing to the discussion why respond?



    They are contributing because this discussion should not be in a general discussion board. It should be in off-topic.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    crazychestercrazychester Posts: 1,339member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by john.outwater

    They are contributing because this discussion should not be in a general discussion board. It should be in off-topic.



    It shouldn't be anywhere. It's spam. Google tflon.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by crazychester

    It shouldn't be anywhere. It's spam. Google tflon.



    wow. i never tried googling a member before. dood really does look like a spammer.



    but he does bring up an interesting issue. i wonder what today's AI thinks about the death penalty. personally, i'm against it, specifically because of the possibility of an innocent person's life being taken.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    dgnr8dgnr8 Posts: 196member
    Even though I do not believe in taking another man?s life there are reasons for the death penalty. I can?t imagine if I lost 20 years of my life, but that being said if had taken someone else?s life how would I deserve my life.



    Innocent people are incarcerated more than we would like but if were to ask people in prison how many of them were innocent I would venture to say most of them would clam it.



    Besides with DNA evidence now commonplace and forensic science become more accurate all the time, I would say that in the future less and less innocent people will be convicted.



    Also I would like to point out the appeals process that ever person in prison is given which allows them the ability to remain on Death Row for 20 years.



    With that all being said my heart goes out to every innocent prisoner on Death Row.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    Well, just to see if something like a discussion can come of this...



    Off to AppleOutsider.
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