The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan was convicted based in part on forensic evidence that is now widely regarded as junk science.
Mussolini was not tried in court, neither were the Romanovs. The Ceaușescus were summarily executed immediately after a brief show trial held by the fledgling provisional government in Romania shortly after the revolution.
None of these qualify as death sentence cases. When I think of capital punishment, I think of a strong state with a mature judiciary (whether fair or corrupt) which has a standing defined policy whereby the state is allowed to kill citizens and non-citizens alike.
Mussolini was not tried in court, neither were the Romanovs. The Ceaușescus were summarily executed immediately after a brief show trial held by the fledgling provisional government in Romania shortly after the revolution.
None of these qualify as death sentence cases. When I think of capital punishment, I think of a strong state with a mature judiciary (whether fair or corrupt) which has a standing defined policy whereby the state is allowed to kill citizens and non-citizens alike.
The state should not have that power.