For 18 very long years, a prisoner on Florida’s death row has dreamed of hearing the magic words,
“Not Guilty”
A Broward County jury ended its 10th day of deliberations Friday by delivering 3 acquittals, ending a five-month trial and returning Sean Penalver’s freedom after he spent almost half his life in custody…
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We just don’t seem to ever really learn from our mistakes, do we? Sean Penalver is the 142nd person to be exonerated and freed from death row since 1973…how many others have not been so fortunate and have been murdered in cold blood by The State? Chances are, we will never know for sure.
Todd Willingham was likely innocent and executed by Texas Clown, er, I mean guv’ner, Rick-The-Super-Christian-Perry.
Frank Lee Smith died while on death row in Florida…only to be found innocent…15 years of his life taken from him.
I have no doubt there are numerous other dubious convictions that cost people their lives but I think my point has been made here.
But hey, s’long as we get our “Justice” served up right and proper, who cares if there is a minor glitch now and then?
After all, we are righteous in our thirst for revenge so we can all live with a little collateral damage…
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It’s really sad that, that is even possible. I am happy for the man being released but, look what hell he has to go through now. How do you get back time? You don’t. It’s so sad and frustrating.
There is no amount of money or anything else that could possibly right this kind of wrong or fully restore this man’s life. And he is almost number 150…that is a lot of lives destroyed/restored in a short amount of time…and no end in sight. Frustrating and then some!
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That last sentence is so well stated it’s ridiculous…
Funny how we humans can struggle so much with the simplest of concepts, isn’t it?
Yes indeed. Though simple is relative, and we humans are merely lesser-animals