Posts Tagged ‘innocense’
Perhaps I have more in common with the Matthew Dicks of Des Moines, Iowa than just our names and our mug shots
Back in May of 2011, I wrote a post lamenting the fact that a person with the same name as me has been arrested in Des Moines: Great. Someone who shares my name has been arrested and booked at the Polk Country Jail in Des Moines, Iowa for failure to pay child support. You’d think…
Read MorePosthumous vindication sucks.
On this date in 1456, Joan of Arc was declared innocent for heresy. Unfortunately, she was declared innocent 25 years after she was burned at the stake. Being incorrectly burned to death is certainly worse than losing your bout with cancer and dying just hours before being announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize…
Read MoreThere are many reasons why the death penalty should be abolished. But one reason should be reason enough.
Will Saletan lists six reasons why support for capital punishment is evaporating in the United States. All six are perfectly valid, and I actually agree with all of them, but really, there’s only one that matters: Innocence. Since 1973, 144 death row inmates have been exonerated of their crimes. It’s impossible to think that the…
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