Read the below link to get some idea of Obama's position on the death penalty:
#-------------------------- Excerpt: "We brought police officers and civil rights advocates together to reform a death penalty system that had sent 13 innocent men to death row," he declare in a recent presidential debate. Enactment of the 2003 law was a huge political achievement in a state that had been deeply divided over problems with capital punishment. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/12/obama.death.penalty.ap/ or http://tinyurl.com/5mpkh3 #------------------------- Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > I believe it was Illinois were over 30% of convicts awaiting execution > were found to be innocent, when the state allowed DNA testing to be > introduced into evidence. A simple solution to the error prone current > system would be to have the Supreme Court rule that executions are cruel > and unusual punishment. > > > > Carl Lindne wrote: > >> Leland, >> >> You said...................... >> >> Abolishing the death penalty; what a splendid idea, considering that it is >> likely that greater than 30% of those put to death are innocent of the crime >> for which they were convicted. That my position btw. I'm not sure about >> Obama and the Democratic party platform position on this >> issue........................... >> >> That is a crock. >> >> Years ago my next door neighbor was in charge of a federally supported group >> whose sole objective was to provide legal help to those accused of capital >> crimes. >> >> I asked him "when the cops get someone how often do they get the guy that >> did it"? He answered "about 98%". >> >> Then he said "IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF IF THEY DID IT. IT IS A QUESTION >> WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE GUILTY." Wonderful way to run the courts! >> >> If you closely follow those that get off capital punishment - the reasons >> are not that they did not do it. Often the their lawyer did not do enough >> to represent them properly, or should have done it differently, or evidence >> was lost or they are not as sick as they used to be, or some other >> technicality. >> >> They get off because of some fool liberal judge. It is seldom because they >> are "innocent." >> >> To paraphrase an old joke, "I'd rather have my daughter marry an >> accountant!" >> >> Carl >> >> >> >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
