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DNA Tests Confirm Executed Va. Man Guilty

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Posted by tu3031 2006-01-12 15:47|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So I'm sure everybody mentioned in this story will be admitting they were wrong, right? Right?

I'll bet they ask for more tests and scream conspiracy if they don't get them.

Posted by DoDo 2006-01-12 16:29|| 2006-01-12 16:29|| Front Page Top

#2 CNN all but tried and convicted the prosecutor last night. This one's going straight down the memory hole.

Posted by Matt 2006-01-12 16:46|| 2006-01-12 16:46|| Front Page Top

#3 I've lived in Richmond for many years and am THOROUGHLY sick of this case. There was never any real doubt, but that doesn't stop the criminal-lovers.

I know it's too much to hope that the usual suspects will now STFU. But I can dream, no?

Any bets on when the Austrians or Italians will make Coleman an honorary citizen and ask for his moldering bones to be exhumed and buried in their "enlightened" country? >:-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-01-12 17:01|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-01-12 17:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Well at least somebody admits they were wrong...

James McCloskey, executive director of Centurion Ministries, had been fighting to prove Coleman's innocence since 1988. The two shared Coleman's final meal together â cold slices of pizza â just a few hours before Coleman was executed."I now know that I was wrong. Indeed, this is a bitter pill to swallow," McCloskey said, describing Thursday's findings as "a kick in the stomach" and adding that he felt betrayed by Coleman.

...and enter the spinmeisters

Death penalty opponents praised Warner's decision to order the testing but warned that Coleman's case does not mean the death penalty is infallible. "Obviously, one case does not in any way reflect on the correctness of the other 1,000 executions we've had in the last 30 years," said Peter Neufeld, co-founder of the Innocence Project. "Other governors should take their lead from Governor Warner and do post-execution testing in their cases, because ... there's no reason not to â it's all about getting to the truth."

Unless it's not the truth we want to find...

Posted by tu3031 2006-01-12 17:02|| 2006-01-12 17:02|| Front Page Top

Then-Gov. L. Douglas Wilder's office was flooded with thousands of calls and letters of protest from around the world.

Oh, yeah - and by the way, Wilder doesn't take any crap from anyone. It's hard to fool him. And you can't "guilt" him.

He's a Dem, but a sane one. If the Dems were more like Wilder, and less like Reid, they'd definitely run the country. I'd vote for him again in a heartbeat.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-01-12 17:16|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-01-12 17:16|| Front Page Top

#6 maybe so Barbara, but in this day and age of DNA - the opponents of the death penalty are lying down with dogs - their credibility suffers with EVERY proven guilt by DNA - let's test em all and let the line form at the needle. There's no longer an excuse for lengthy appeals and delays other than full employment of anti-social lawyers

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-12 18:37|| 2006-01-12 18:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Dig his ass up and fry him again just for good measure! Have his lawyer sit on his lap.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2006-01-12 18:43|| 2006-01-12 18:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Note that 18,000 executions occur every year in the US, in our homes, our neighborhoods, our businesses, our streets. Where oh where are these glad handlers to demand 'due process' and 'appeals' for these people?

If the state is unwilling, unable, or incapable of carrying out the sanction, then let the power revert back to the people where it was before the state lied and said it would perform justice and removed the culture of vendetta out of the hands of its citizens.

Posted by Ebbeagum Cleque4324 2006-01-12 22:03|| 2006-01-12 22:03|| Front Page Top

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