Carlos De Luna wrongfully executed

[mammastalkin]

De Luna, an eighth grade dropout, maintained that he was innocent from the moment cops put him in the back seat of a patrol car until the day he died. Today, 29 years after De Luna was arrested, Liebman and his team published a mammoth report in the Human Rights Law Review that concludes De Luna paid with his life for a crime he likely did not commit. Shoddy police work, the prosecution's failure to pursue another suspect, and a weak defense combined to send De Luna to death row, they argued.

Read this sad story here. Shame on us all.

[mammastalkin]

And here is the Guardians coverage. Sadly, Carlos is one of many wrongfully executed in the US.
"Scalia may have to eat his words. It is now clear that a person was executed for a crime he did not commit, and his name – Carlos DeLuna – is being shouted from the rooftops of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review. The august journal has cleared its entire spring edition, doubling its normal size to 436 pages, to carry an extraordinary investigation by a Columbia law school professor and his students."
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[Sheryl P.]

Sadly,those that have already paid with their lives will never find justice in this world.May they rest in peace.

[dalesgirl]

We have to stop the death penalty. Killing by the state is still murder and one innocent life is too many.

[mammastalkin]

Share this story--in fact--SHOUT it from the rooftops!

[lisainengland]

When will they learn that the death penalty doesnt work, there is too much doubt and too many mistakes. Carlos has paid with his life for their ignorance