tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post757016181695349944..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Rape victim seeks court to clear the name of now-deceased man she misidentifiedGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-26311809409358747142014-08-03T22:50:31.604-05:002014-08-03T22:50:31.604-05:00I would hate her for the rest of my life. The fami...I would hate her for the rest of my life. The family is more forgiving than I could ever be. We only get one life and she ruined his.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12728234757093270722008-09-22T14:25:00.000-05:002008-09-22T14:25:00.000-05:00Mr. Kiker:I used actual innocence to differentiate...Mr. Kiker:<BR/><BR/>I used actual innocence to differentiate from legal innocence. or the presumtion of innocence.<BR/><BR/>There are some cases with solid evidence of actual innocence.<BR/><BR/>As you likely know, both the trial judge as well as the appelate courts can reverse a guilty verdict if they find it doesn't meet the standard of guilt beyond a reasoable doubt.dudleysharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796468204722853648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83022115871849196172008-09-22T13:02:00.000-05:002008-09-22T13:02:00.000-05:00Charles Kiker says:I have a thing about publishing...Charles Kiker says:<BR/>I have a thing about publishing anonymously, so I'm posting again to identify myself as anonymous 9/22 1:00 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-84593662370253327582008-09-22T13:00:00.000-05:002008-09-22T13:00:00.000-05:00dudleysharp says"No one wants actual innocents tri...dudleysharp says<BR/>"No one wants actual innocents tried convicted" etc. I would like to believe that, and maybe it's true. But there's a mountain of evidence that says some law enforcement and prosecutors and maybe judges are more interested in getting somebody convicted than in establishing "actual" guilt. You can almost never establish actual innocence--how do you prove a negative?--but the standard is supposed to be guilt beyond reasonable doubt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91108804412141856262008-09-22T12:41:00.000-05:002008-09-22T12:41:00.000-05:00rage,I suspect all "liberals" and "conservatives" ...rage,<BR/><BR/>I suspect all "liberals" and "conservatives" and all of those of different stripes know that there are errors within the criminal justice system. In fact, I have yet to find a person that doesn't acknowledge it. I don't know txblues.<BR/><BR/>No one wants actual innocents arrested, confined, tried or convicted. <BR/><BR/>This is a tremendously sad story.dudleysharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12796468204722853648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12755785126325807992008-09-20T14:55:00.000-05:002008-09-20T14:55:00.000-05:00George Bush had Dna tools when he was Governor of ...George Bush had Dna tools when he was Governor of Texas,yet he never spent more than 1/2 hour to review death penalty cases,as the last chain to execution-In your "kill em 1st-find truth later State" this shallow man leaves a legacy of innocent blood-the Tulia incidents are stains that should effect the conscious of every policy agenda driven ,God fearing Republican.I bet many,if not most don't give it a second thought, and continue with their elitist,race-fearing ,sociologically dangerous views.For those prosecutors that cared more about their careers and conviction rates(nationwide)your justice will be decided by your God-or your Karma, for choosing evil over truth. Black people in Texas and Louisiana have every reason to revolt.Kind of hard to pick yourself up by your bootstraps with this institutionalized,overt race-hating.And because your State Re-elects these traitors of Lady Justice ,your society is one built on hatred;not love ,and you cursed the nation with a defective President -truly sad for the nationUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595872107333738002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28407467125143703052008-09-20T09:26:00.000-05:002008-09-20T09:26:00.000-05:00Charles Kiker from Tulia says:This simply undersco...Charles Kiker from Tulia says:<BR/><BR/>This simply underscores the need for comprehensive reform in the entire criminal justice system. Eyewitness accounts have been statistically demonstrated to be less than reliable. There still needs to be additional evidence to police testimony. I don't know how it can be done, but there must be a search for way(s) to make "innocent until proven guilty" real as opposed to hypothetical. In late summer 1999 I sat in a Sunday School class in Tulia, Texas. Alan Bean had just made, in his usual mild-mannered way, a comment that the local newspaper was maligning (by calling them scumbags) and prejudging the Tulia drug case defendants. One guy in the class got red in the face and vociferously declared, "They're all guilty and they're all scumbags." This guy turned up on one of the juries, as foreman no less. I told defense attorneys about this. Nothing was made of it. But there should have been a mistrial in that particular case. The defendant did not get the presumption of innocence. They rarely ever do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87236907641626861002008-09-19T17:42:00.000-05:002008-09-19T17:42:00.000-05:00If only a Judge or a DA who prosecuted and punishe...If only a Judge or a DA who prosecuted and punished one of these innocent men had as much decency...<BR/><BR/> Well we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place would we?Robert Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497658569363397644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78847280941639156952008-09-19T14:02:00.000-05:002008-09-19T14:02:00.000-05:00I wish more "conservatives" understood this point....I wish more "conservatives" understood this point. The real rapist has been free all this time, but people like txblues will holler and scream "no error!" all day long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com