Georgia to execute death row inmate tomorrow, who could possibly be innocent

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

The more I read about this case... the more sickened I am that this man may be executed.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Any idea what's going on since the USSC issued the hold?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

It's awful - regardless of how long it took for the recantations - if they happened, the basis for the guilty verdict is severely compromised.

I understand the victim's family wanting closure, I completely do, but this is not justice for their son.

It's sickly sad that he might achieve more by being murdered than by living.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Another one of those scarily apt onion comments

"The girl in question will face the harshest legal treatment, she will be tried as a black adult"

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

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This is a VERY contradictory statement to make in a legal decision.

By saying 'additional' it suggests that there were doubts surrounding his conviction. Minimal or not, considering the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard as well as the fact that it was a capital case - the judicial diligence in this case was appalling. The response from all of the appeals were, the recantations weren't under oath or the evidence has been ruled inadmissible by **** court.

It's also interesting how the prosecutor spoke of the recantations, they were 'suspect' - so given that he clearly brought the 'character' of his witnesses into disrepute ... hmmmm?

I don't think it was an open and shut 'clearly innocent' case - and for me, that's not the point. If there is even a scrap of evidence to suggest that the conviction was based on flawed evidence, let alone coercion ... then a re-trial was warranted.