Originally posted by plawrence:
Witness have been to known to lie and make mistakes.
I'm not saying he's innocent, but he claimed that he was, and since you didn't attend the trail every day and hear all of the testimony, I don't see how you can be so certain he was guilty.
I cannot say with absolute certainty that he was guilty of these crimes. You're right, I wasn't there. But it was proven beyond any reasonable doubt that he committed these crimes. Apparantly, the evidence was concrete. He spent over 2 decades in prison, and neither he or his lawyers were able to prove his innocence.
It is my opinion that if you are found guilty, but are actually innocent, unless you are able to prove you are innocent, justice needs to be carried out. That would apply to myself, as well, if I were in that situation.
