Who are real 'wolves'?
In his April 27 column, Charles Davenport encourages North Carolina to quickly dispatch two-legged wolves (death row inmates) while acknowledging that since 1976, 40 innocent persons in the United States were put on death row. That's 40 juries who got it completely and horribly wrong. Why the need for speed?
How often has a death row inmate tricked the guards and escaped? Why do we need to join the speedy ranks of China, Iran and Saudi Arabia? The oft-slow machination of justice, called due process, is a small price to pay for our society to take a life. The only two-legged wolves in this controversy are those using any tactic to ambush the American justice system.
Richard W. Wells
Greensboro
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Inconceivable!
Posted on May 5, 2008 3:49 AM
"The only two-legged wolves in this controversy are those using any tactic to ambush the American justice system."
Dang! Are you talking about the Bush doctrine, which ignores the Constitution?
Posted on May 6, 2008 8:36 AM