Throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s, if the State asked for the death penalty in Tarrant County, the jury would hand it to them on a silver platter.
No more.
Case in point: Three guys were allegedly involved in the shooting a clerk. One struck a deal for life in prison if he would testify that one of the other three was the shooter. That trial was this week. Verdict: Guilty. Punishment: In less than an hour, the jury rejected the death penalty and sentenced the man to life in prison (their only other option.)
You wouldn't have seen that 15 years ago.
And the other man who didn't plea? He was found "not guilty" of capital murder a couple of months ago. That's almost unheard of. (I'm looking for a link to back this up. If I'm wrong, I've officially lost my mind. Edit: Yep, I got it right. )
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8.18.2008
These Times They Are A Changing
Throughout most of the 1980s and 1990s, if the State asked for the death penalty in Tarrant County, the jury would hand it to them on a silver platter.
No more.
Case in point: Three guys were allegedly involved in the shooting a clerk. One struck a deal for life in prison if he would testify that one of the other three was the shooter. That trial was this week. Verdict: Guilty. Punishment: In less than an hour, the jury rejected the death penalty and sentenced the man to life in prison (their only other option.)
You wouldn't have seen that 15 years ago.
And the other man who didn't plea? He was found "not guilty" of capital murder a couple of months ago. That's almost unheard of. (I'm looking for a link to back this up. If I'm wrong, I've officially lost my mind. Edit: Yep, I got it right. )
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Would like to see the details. I don't think it's he times......probably shoddy prosecution.....heck I don't know just pray that the 'not guilty' doesn't land someone else 6 feet under.
You wouldn't see that type of crime at all 15 years from now if we'd get to toasting these scumbags wholesale right now.
So, whats the story with the baseball coach down there?
Thankfully it is changing.
All the overturned convictions in Dallas due to DNA testing is alarming.
Barry, did you ever consider doing pro bono work for someone believed to be wrongly convicted?
well it is about $1 million dollars cheaper to lock them up for life as opposed to the cost to taxpayers for appeals etc., associated with a death sentence.
Good!
Society shouldn't administer the death penalty to these people........society should administer hugs instead!
Maybe is partially to blame on the shoddy prosecuting that has been happened over the last 15-20 years (including the case you sat in on). There was a time that you believed in the justice systems to do the right thing, now you can't trust anyone.
"There was a time that you believed in the justice systems to do the right thing, now you can't trust anyone."
1:53 You were just wrong my fellow citizen.
125 i didn't say that we should hug them, i am for dp, but life without parole ain't no walk in the park neither. especially for a dude what snitched on another dude to save his own ass..plus we 'taxpayers' save at least $i million dollars that our leaders can waste on something else..!!!
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