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Title: The Death Penalty, Schwarzenegger and Court TV movie Post by: tflon on January 23, 2005, 12:55:01 PM On January 19th of this year Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allowed the
first death sentence to be served in three years, and the first under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. That is almost copied straight from a news site (because honestly if I hadn’t, there’s no way I’d have been able to spell Arnie’s name!) Anyway, I recently caught an ad for a movie on Court TV called The Exonerated. It’s based on true stories of several people who spent years on death row for crimes they didn’t commit. The original version was a play which inspired my interest in the subject of the death penalty. I specifically remember one guy who spent something like 20 years on death row before finally being cleared. Now before someone jumps all over me: I’m not saying that the guy who was just executed in California was innocent. But does anyone think it’s acceptable that even one innocent person could be executed? I think it’s about time this country joins the rest of the civilized world and adopts a more humane approach. For those of you still on the fence on this issue, I’d check out this movie, because if it’s anything like the play the personal stories will astound you. I think it airs on January 27 (but check courttv.com just in case I’m wrong). And if you have thoughts on this issue, I’d like to hear them. Title: Re:The Death Penalty, Schwarzenegger and Court TV movie Post by: Kristi Ann on January 23, 2005, 01:26:36 PM I won't jump all over ya, I can't *tee hee* ;D
Good Points and I understand. I was born and Raised in California, I lived there 40 years before moving to Oregon. This is from my website Kristi Ann's Haven (http://ka7.proboards30.com), I posted this Last year... Sept. 22nd, 2004. Read on... With all the uproar about the Death Penalty. My Questions are What are your Thoughts? Do you Agree with it? With all the DNA testing availble today, I think it's needed to truly test who is Guilty of wrong doings. Whom are we to Judge anyway, we are forgiven by God through His Son Jesus Christ. Anyone can be saved and changed. I think Christians should Not Judge so quickly!! I also Know we are Not to Judge someone Matthew 7:1-5 (http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?language=english&passage=Matthew+7%3A1-5&version=KJV)!!! Jesus Forgave us, Jesus can Forgive anyone!! Please Read the Below article I got from a fellow Christian whom sent it to me today via Email! Plus here's a good website I found hyper-linked below this; "National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty" (http://ncadp.org/) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Wednesday, May 5, 2004 Neil Miller says he can't even get a job at McDonald's after 10 years behind bars. Peter Vaughn developed a debilitating drug habit when he was freed. Ulysses Rodriguez Charles' 24-year-old daughter killed herself while he was in jail. All three tell searing stories about the horror of being an innocent man serving hard state prison time, and the desperation they now feel trying to assemble new lives after being freed. "I can't get the time back I lost,'' said Charles, now 50, who did 19 1/2 years after being wrongly convicted in 1981 of raping three Brighton women. "I try to deny those years. I can. I am. I do it very well, but everything has consequences,'' he said. In prison, Charles said he lifted weights to relieve the "unbelievable'' stress". The food was rank. There was no healthcare. And his daughter, Denise, walked into traffic when he was four years into his sentence. "The things you used to feel, you don't feel anymore. I feel empty. What is the point?'' asked Charles. In 2000, he was in jail when he married his wife, Rosalind. Today, they live in Dorchester, and he's a member of the iron worker's union, watching most of his buddies from the past retire. The time taken out of his life makes him bitter. "I think someone should compensate me,'' Charles said, days after learning he may not have grounds to sue prosecutors. "I'm very disappointed by that.'' Neil Miller, now 37, said when he entered prison, his terror accelerating as fellow inmates taunted him as a "tree jumper, panty raider, skinner'' - prison slang for rapists. He was furious when he learned the woman who led the investigation against him, Lt. Margot Hill, had been promoted. "It disgusts me,'' Miller said. "And it's a slap in the face to every victim that was raped. "If it happened to me, and she investigated mine, how many other cases of rape has she investigated where she has missed key evidence and that person is in jail as well?'' Miller asked. Miller never got an apology from Hill, any other police officer or the prosecutor - though he did get an apology letter from the victim after his release. Police officials defend Hill, saying the victim identified Miller four separate times. Also, because DNA testing was not admissible in state courts until 1994, testing of sheets on the bed where the rape took place was not an option. Miller said those excuses mean nothing to him. The real rapist is out there "endangering my daughter, my nieces, their families, your family,'' he said. Vaughn, 43, said he survives on a small disability check and what he makes working in the kitchen at a Brockton mental health center. He missed the first three years of his son's life - a son who died three years ago. "For all the suffering I did, with loss of love and loss of family while incarcerated, there's no getting that time back,'' he said. Wrongful convictions in Suffolk County since 1982
This is an example of what I call our "throw away" mentality. We have a culture that, in my opinion, has a skewed priority system. Power and money are the goals of our society not morals and ethics. There is a lot of insight in the following. "When Hitler came for the Jews... I was not a Jew, therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the Catholics, I was not a Catholic, and therefore, I was not concerned. And when Hitler attacked the unions and the industrialists, I was not a member of the unions and I was not concerned. Then, Hitler attacked me and the Protestant church ? and there was nobody left to be concerned." Pastor Martin Niemoller, Congressional Record, October 14, 1968, vol. 114, p. 31636. If we don't take the initiative to help ourselves by helping the ones around us, we can't be surprised at the degredation of our quality of life. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Remember Judge Not!! \o/ KristiAnn MsGuidedAngel Title: Re:The Death Penalty, Schwarzenegger and Court TV movie Post by: shrekandogre on January 23, 2005, 11:38:36 PM On January 19th of this year Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger allowed the first death sentence to be served in three years, and the first under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dissapointing there has only been 1 out of 3. I hope Scotty P. kicks the bucket soon...sry people if that offends you but he's a bad man. |