Texas courts have ruled that a man facing the death penalty for murder can't have a new trial-despite a love affair between the prosecutor and the judge who tried his case.
Man: Can I at least watch?
This is indeed a real case. What I don’t understand is, if they’re so sure the guy was guilty, why not give him a new, fair trial? To me, the refusal to offer him a retrial where the principles don’t have such a ridiculous conflict of interest indicates that they’re worried that he would be deemed not guilty, thus further exposing the system as a farce.
As I’ve always said, murderers deserve to die. The problem with capital punishment is, the system isn’t 100% efficient. If one innocent person has ever died from the death penalty, the entire system is by definition a big fat failure.
It’s not like the postal system. It’s OK if they deliver 99.6% of the letters.
This is indeed a real case. What I don’t understand is, if they’re so sure the guy was guilty, why not give him a new, fair trial? To me, the refusal to offer him a retrial where the principles don’t have such a ridiculous conflict of interest indicates that they’re worried that he would be deemed not guilty, thus further exposing the system as a farce.
As I’ve always said, murderers deserve to die. The problem with capital punishment is, the system isn’t 100% efficient. If one innocent person has ever died from the death penalty, the entire system is by definition a big fat failure.
It’s not like the postal system. It’s OK if they deliver 99.6% of the letters.