Comments on: Another Exoneration in Dallas

By: MacK

MacK — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:57:48 +0000

“My main point that I wanted to argue is that in reality it probably takes very little away from his job as a prosecutor to support the innocence project. I bet the main part he plays as prosecutor is just not standing in the way.”

Yes I can very easily agree with that argument.
I’m sure he has plenty of help and time to prosecute the 10 to 15 pot heads a day the county gets, and still work on finding the faults of the prior prosecutors.

I’d bet he would be able to devote even more time if it were not for all those evil dope smokers.

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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:58:12 +0000

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:22:46 +0000

“Stephen I wonder if you were an innocent person on death row, would 10% be enough for you then?”

10% seems to be a lot better than anyone else is doing. The guy on the radio yesterday was arguing that he shouldn’t be doing it at all on the theory that it wasn’t his job. I don’t agree with the talk show host.

My main point that I wanted to argue is that in reality it probably takes very little away from his job as a prosecutor to support the innocence project. I bet the main part he plays as prosecutor is just not standing in the way.

By: Z

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:37:06 +0000

Of course Dallas County is an isolated incident. No reason to believe that the other 255 counties in the nation have sent innocent people to jail or death row, right?

By: Larry Yudelson

Larry Yudelson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:10:11 +0000

Since Conservatives divide the world into good guys and bad guys, they don’t care which bad guy gets killed for which crime. As long as some bad guy is killed, all the bad guys will behave, or something.

In my new book, How Would God REALLY Vote: A Jewish Rebuttal to David Klinghoffer’s Conservative Polemic, I marvel at how Klinghoffer condemns the Innocence Project as un-Biblical. Typical of the Religious Right, Klinghoffer doesn’t actually prove that it’s un-Biblical to save the lives of innocent men, he just asserts it. Presumably the logic is that if liberals are for freeing innocents, than the Bible must be against it.

By: MacK

MacK — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:54:28 +0000

“That’s going to be devastating to a [victim's] family.”

I believe Mr. Shook has misspoken here, what he meant to say was:

“That’s going to be devastating to my running for Dallas County prosecutor again.”

Stephen I wonder if you were an innocent person on death row, would 10% be enough for you then?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:10:58 +0000

Anybody have any idea what percent of his available time/resources he is investing in exonerating innocent people?

I would be OK with up to 10%. He is a prosecutor after all, mostly he should be prosecuting new lawbreakers.

There is at least one talk show host heard here in Dallas that seems to think that he should be using 0.00%. I would love to be able to call him up and argue that he is wrong.

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DNA clears Dallas man after 26 years in prison — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:39:35 +0000

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By: Cynical In CA

Cynical In CA — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:39:13 +0000

Toby Shook is nervous that he may end up as a lamppost ornament. But he needn’t worry about the sheeple.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:21:48 +0000

Those comments from the prosecutor truly sicken me. They almost appear Niphong-esqe in nature.

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Ken’s Weblog » Blog Archive » And another isolated incident — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:20:53 +0000

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By: qnunc

qnunc — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:15:22 +0000

Johnnie Earl Lindsey was exonerated after serving 26 years for rape. . . Isn’t that WAY too long for rape? It’s not like he was smoking pot.

By: Ginger Dan

Ginger Dan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:12:12 +0000

Craig Watkins is a real American hero. I wonder if he has any aspirations beyond Texas? Might make a nice pick for a seat on a Federal Bench somewhere.

By: Salvo

Salvo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:11:04 +0000

You would hope that would be the case, but I suspect you would be wrong. These cases are about revenge, on somebody, anybody, rather than justice. If it was about justice, the death penalty would have been phased out years ago, thanks to its untenability.

By: SJE

SJE — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:09:48 +0000

The law and order folks should be happy. Clearing a wrongly convicted man allows them to seek out and prosecute the real criminal. Oh….right…that presumes that the prosecutor is actually interested in justice….

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:05:19 +0000

Oh, and this guy better not have to worry about another thing as long as he lives. He deserves all of the income of that prosecutor for all the time he was serving time for the failure of the system and the attitude of the prosecutor to just make somebody pay, instead of the right one.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:03:19 +0000

“Perhaps. But I would hope the families of murder victims would prefer that the correct person be executed for the crime, not just any person.”

Yes, please.