Elizabeth Hall, an innocent woman, was tried for her life. Three men voted for death by electrocution. The story should make anyone rethink their position on the death penalty. I did. If media, politics and public opinion can overwhelm legal safe guards, then the system cannot be trusted with a life. Think of it! Media, politics and public opinion were the same agents that crucified Christ!
For more about the death penalty, visit:
http://www.vadp.org/
http://www.aclu.org/capital/index.html
http://www.deathpenalty.org/
Technorati Tags:death penalty, capital punishment, injustice, unjust conviction
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
The Uncanny Parallels with the Leo Frank Case
One year before the Hall Case, a Georgia jury convicted Leo Frank of murder. In both instances an innocent party was convicted through dubious investigations; skewed evidence; perjured prosecution witnesses; betrayal by the accused's own Pinkerton detective; introduction of alleged, uncharged crimes; and public opinion polarized by hostile newspapers. For more on Frank see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Frank
http://www.crimelibrary.com/classics/frank/
Technorati Tags:Leo Frank, Pinkerton, detective, detectives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Frank
http://www.crimelibrary.com/classics/frank/
Technorati Tags:Leo Frank, Pinkerton, detective, detectives
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