Poll of the Day > Tennessee EXECUTED THE WRONG MAN as evidence suggests he's INNOCENT!!!

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Full Throttle
10/18/19 8:21:26 PM
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Do you still support the Death Penalty even if innocent people are executed for a crime they didn't commit? - Results (2 votes)
Yes. The accidental death penalty of a small minority of innocent people is not worth a ban of executions of real crimin
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Hell No. There is ample proof the justice system isn't always right and executions should be BANNED
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A NEW Suspect in the brutal murder of a young female marine more than 30 years ago has been IDENTIFIED by police after another man was ALREADY EXECUTED for the murder!!

Sedley Alley was put to death by the state of Tennessee 15 years ago for the 1985 murder of 19 y/o Suzanne Marie Collins who left her barracks for a job and never returned

Collins was found raped, beaten and stabbed by a sharpened TREE BRANCH and strangled near a trail

Sedley was a 29 y/o repairman who was an alcoholic and drug addicted who 'confessed" to the murder after cops fed him breakfast and bought him a pack of cigs.

The jury found him guilty in less than 3 hours and despite changing his story and possible DNA evidence that could have exonerated him, he was killed in 2006 by lethal injection

Now comes the arrest of 54 y/o Thomas Bruce in Missouri, a PASTOR who posed as a customer at a Catholic Supply store, returned armed with a gun and forced 2 women into sex acts and killed a third

He was arrested and faced 17 felony charges and is awaiting trial

At the time of his arrest, police were shocked he has no criminal record and given the horrific murders, they took a closer look at him and suspected he may be linked to other crimes as a 77 y/o woman recognized his face in the media where he forced his way into her home and raped her.

Now he may be a major break in the Collins case as he was enrolled in the same school as Collins

Cops contacted Barry Scheck, a founder of the Innocence Project that helps to exonerate people who are wrongly convicted with the help of DNA evidence but were unsuccessful in helping Alley

They said a pair of men's underwear discovered at the scene should have been submitted for testing to know for sure Alley did it but prosecutors said other factors proved he was the killer and DNA alone wouldn't be enough

Experts say Alley was coerced into the confession by police even though there was no physical evidence linking him to the murder and his recollection didn't match up autopsy reports.

The Innocence Project warned against putting him to death without DNA testing and the real murderer is sitll on the loose and NOW they will have a DNA test done as Alley's daughter hopes there is some closure

Do you still support the death penalty even if innocent people are put to death?

Sedley - Wrong Man Executed

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Thomas Bruce - Real Killer

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Suzanne - Murderered

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Barry Scheck -Innocence Project Founder

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April Alley - Sedley's daughter

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Aaantlion
10/18/19 8:24:30 PM
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Full Throttle posted...
Do you still support the Death Penalty even if innocent people are executed for a crime they didn't commit?


Still? I don't support it even if guilty people are executed for crimes they definitely committed.
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MICHALECOLE
10/18/19 8:30:16 PM
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This is the number one reason, and really the only thing that matters when it comes to why the death penalty should never be allowed.
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darcandkharg31
10/18/19 8:34:34 PM
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I say to hell with the justice system, let's go back to Salem days and start calling people we don't like witches, or warlocks if it's a man.
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Nichtcrawler X
10/18/19 8:35:06 PM
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I never did in the first place.
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streamofthesky
10/18/19 8:35:07 PM
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I support it, but I'd rather let a murderer rot for life than accidentally kill an innocent.
Death penalty should be use rarely. For heinous and/or mass murders, and ones where there's no doubt that the suspect is guilty.

Examples: Dylan Roof, the Parkland HS shooter, the Philadelphia synagogue shooter

If states can't use the death penalty responsibly, they shouldn't be able to use it.
If cops or prosecutors withhold evidence from the defense, falsify evidence, lie under oath, trick a suspect into confessing with no other evidence to tie him to the crime, etc... they should be personally held accountable with fines and jail sentences, prosecutorial immunity is fucking bull shit.

And I fully support the Innocence Project and think if DNA evidence is available, it should be checked for every case. Including those already convicted early and even those already executed. The public deserves to know who was wrongly executed, and trying to hide that information for fear it would turn people against the death penalty is inexcusable.
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wwinterj25
10/18/19 10:46:40 PM
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Full Throttle posted...
Do you still support the Death Penalty even if innocent people are executed for a crime they didn't commit?

Mistakes happen. This doesn't mean something shouldn't be supported. If it did that nobody would be locked up. I absolutely support the death penalty when it comes to the likes of child molesters, paedophiles and rapist at the very least. However I do think 100% proof needs to be provided.
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LinkPizza
10/18/19 10:54:47 PM
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I never supported it, and still dont. Because stuff like this happens. Let the bad ones rot in prison. And if they are innocent, they can get out and live what life they have left...
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streamofthesky
10/18/19 10:58:24 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
Full Throttle posted...
Do you still support the Death Penalty even if innocent people are executed for a crime they didn't commit?

Mistakes happen. This doesn't mean something shouldn't be supported. If it did that nobody would be locked up. I absolutely support the death penalty when it comes to the likes of child molesters, paedophiles and rapist at the very least. However I do think 100% proof needs to be provided.

No...if the death penalty didn't exist, those people would still be locked up...
And none of those crimes you listed are typically punished by death in first world countries, while as the crime that is (murder) didn't make your list...
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wwinterj25
10/18/19 11:23:26 PM
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streamofthesky posted...
No...if the death penalty didn't exist, those people would still be locked up...


That doesn't change my answer.

streamofthesky posted...
And none of those crimes you listed are typically punished by death in first world countries, while as the crime that is (murder) didn't make your list...


Maybe they should be. I didn't list murder as not all murderers are bad. Self defence for example.
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streamofthesky
10/18/19 11:35:45 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
streamofthesky posted...
And none of those crimes you listed are typically punished by death in first world countries, while as the crime that is (murder) didn't make your list...


Maybe they should be. I didn't list murder as not all murderers are bad. Self defence for example.

Not all killings are murder. Self defense is not murder.

And no, those other crimes shouldn't be. They're bad, but no where near the level of murder. The only non-murder crime I'd add to the list of capital punishment crimes would be grievous torture (which the victim may have survived). Maybe also attempted murder, in very very rare instances.
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wwinterj25
10/18/19 11:45:05 PM
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streamofthesky posted...
Not all killings are murder. Self defense is not murder.


Killer then. You're simply nitpicking here. Murder is a grey area. Even if someone killed a rapist in cold blood I personal think they deserve a reward not a punishment for example.

streamofthesky posted...
And no, those other crimes shouldn't be.


That's your opinion. One I don't share.

streamofthesky posted...
They're bad, but no where near the level of murder.


Nope. Rape and child molesting is certainly worse than murder in my book. Even more so if it's a murder like the example I provided. You don't agree? That's you're call but it changes nothing.
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