Well, that learned him. And it certainly acted as a deterrent because
he never did it again. But what if he
didn’t do it the first time? Just recently a South Carolina resident was
exonerated 70 years after he was executed.
And that my friends is why I’m opposed to capital punishment.
In 1944 George Stinney Jr was
arrested for the murder of 7 year old Mary Emma Thames, and 11 year old Betty
June Binnicker. Within 90 days he had
been tried, convicted and executed. His
trial lasted 3 hours, the jury deliberated for 10 minutes and 53 days later
they executed him sitting on a phone book because he was too small for the
electric chair. He was 14 years
old.
That is what happened to an
African American child accused of killing two white children in the Deep South
70 years ago. But do you think Stinney
is the only person, black or white who was executed for crimes they may not
have committed? And you can’t undo an execution, you can only apologize.
One thing we have discovered
through the years is that our justice system isn’t perfect by any stretch of
the imagination, and we have to live with that, but people shouldn’t have to
die for it.
Have a great week and remember: To see what is really possible, you
will have to attempt the impossible.
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