How Capital Punishment Can Be Fun For The Whole Family!! [white families]

21 Aug 2009 Author: Baratunde Thurston (Jack Turner)

Troy Davis. An important decision from the Supreme Court came down this week allowing Davis to present new evidence that may establish his innocence and avoid the death penalty. See wikipedia for more. This is certainly good news, but not so fast. Beyond this specific case, the application of the death penalty in this country is structurally racist and unjust.

I’ll now hand the mic over to fellow NYC comedian and friend Lee Camp with a one minute explanatory video.

Tags: Comedy, Criminal Justice, death penalty, Lee Camp, Satire, Supreme Court, Troy Davis

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spirit_55z
A brilliant visual, but a WELL known fact that whitey values whitey's life over blackie's life.
'That went swimmingly well, with lots of razmataz!”
morphus
Wrap your mind around this: Scalia says there’s nothing unconstitutional about executing the innocent.
morphus
Wrap your mind around this: Supreme Court Justice Scalia says there’s nothing unconstitutional about executing the innocent.
This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is “actually” innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged “actual innocence” is constitutionally cognizable.
ABA Report Calls For GEORGIA DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
A new report by the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project found that Georgia's death penalty fails to meet 43 ABA standards for improving the fairness and accuracy of the death penalty. The assessment team assembled in Georgia by the ABA was so troubled by its findings that it called for a moratorium on not only executions but also the prosecution of death penalty cases.
The 21-member assessment team urged the state to study a variety of problems and made a series of recommendations to address these issues. Among the team's most significant recommendations were the following:
INADEQUATE FUNDING FOR DEFENSE COUNSEL Georgia should ensure that all defendants receive competent counsel and provide the necessary funding for the full cost of high quality legal representation by the defense team and access to selected experts.
LACK OF DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR STATE HABEAS
Georgia does not appoint counsel for state habeas proceedings, and Georgia is one of only two states to not provide indigent capital defendants with attorneys at this stage. To help ensure that all capital defendants receive adequate representation, Georgia should provide them with at least two attorneys in state habeas proceedings.
These facts, DP moratorium, this case is in GA, and the Supreme Court is involved, makes the case HUGE..
morphus
Wrap your mind around this: Supreme Court Justice Scalia says there’s nothing unconstitutional about executing the innocent.
This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is “actually” innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged “actual innocence” is constitutionally cognizable.
ABA Report Calls For GEORGIA DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
A new report by the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project found that Georgia's death penalty fails to meet 43 ABA standards for improving the fairness and accuracy of the death penalty. The assessment team assembled in Georgia by the ABA was so troubled by its findings that it called for a moratorium on not only executions but also the prosecution of death penalty cases.
The 21-member assessment team urged the state to study a variety of problems and made a series of recommendations to address these issues. Among the team's most significant recommendations were the following:
INADEQUATE FUNDING FOR DEFENSE COUNSEL Georgia should ensure that all defendants receive competent counsel and provide the necessary funding for the full cost of high quality legal representation by the defense team and access to selected experts.
LACK OF DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR STATE HABEAS
Georgia does not appoint counsel for state habeas proceedings, and Georgia is one of only two states to not provide indigent capital defendants with attorneys at this stage. To help ensure that all capital defendants receive adequate representation, Georgia should provide them with at least two attorneys in state habeas proceedings.
These facts, DP moratorium, this case is in GA, and the Supreme Court is involved, makes the case HUGE
morphus
Wrap your mind around this: Supreme Court Justice Scalia says there’s nothing unconstitutional about executing the innocent.
This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial
but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is “actually” innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged “actual innocence” is constitutionally cognizable.
ABA Report Calls For GEORGIA DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
A new report by the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project found that Georgia's death penalty fails to meet 43 ABA standards for improving the fairness and accuracy of the death penalty. The assessment team assembled in Georgia by the ABA was so troubled by its findings that it called for a moratorium on not only executions but also the prosecution of death penalty cases.
The 21-member assessment team urged the state to study a variety of problems and made a series of recommendations to address these issues. Among the team's most significant recommendations were the following:
INADEQUATE FUNDING FOR DEFENSE COUNSEL
Georgia should ensure that all defendants receive competent counsel and provide the necessary funding for the full cost of high quality legal representation by the defense team and access to selected experts.
LACK OF DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR STATE HABEAS
Georgia does not appoint counsel for state habeas proceedings, and Georgia is one of only two states to not provide indigent capital defendants with attorneys at this stage. To help ensure that all capital defendants receive adequate representation, Georgia should provide them with at least two attorneys in state habeas proceedings.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Baratunde-Thurston/2244 Baratunde Thurston
check this out on scalia's idea of justice http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Baratunde-Thurston/2244 Baratunde Thurston
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists…
on scalia's definition of justice
rikyrah
AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP
ch555x
Sort of like Tom Ridge outing his former boss after 5 or so years…
Justice58
Wrap your mind around this: Supreme Court Justice Scalia says there’s nothing unconstitutional about executing the innocent.
Lord Have Mercy!
danadevin74
yes thats nothing new
everyone knows the penalty is harsher if the victim is white
just like everyone knows
that the only missing children worth finding are the white ones
morphus
Wrap your mind around this: Supreme Court Justice Scalia says there’s nothing unconstitutional about executing the innocent.
This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is “actually” innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged “actual innocence” is constitutionally cognizable.
ABA Report Calls For GEORGIA DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
A new report by the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project found that Georgia's death penalty fails to meet 43 ABA standards for improving the fairness and accuracy of the death penalty. The assessment team assembled in Georgia by the ABA was so troubled by its findings that it called for a moratorium on not only executions but also the prosecution of death penalty cases.
The 21-member assessment team urged the state to study a variety of problems and made a series of recommendations to address these issues. Among the team's most significant recommendations were the following:
INADEQUATE FUNDING FOR DEFENSE COUNSEL
Georgia should ensure that all defendants receive competent counsel and provide the necessary funding for the full cost of high quality legal representation by the defense team and access to selected experts.
LACK OF DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR STATE HABEAS
Georgia does not appoint counsel for state habeas proceedings, and Georgia is one of only two states to not provide indigent capital defendants with attorneys at this stage. To help ensure that all capital defendants receive adequate representation, Georgia should provide them with at least two attorneys in state habeas proceedings.
rikyrah
AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP
ch555x
Sort of like Tom Ridge outing his former boss after 5 or so years…
Justice58
Wrap your mind around this: Supreme Court Justice Scalia says there’s nothing unconstitutional about executing the innocent.
Lord Have Mercy!
danadevin74
yes thats nothing new
everyone knows the penalty is harsher if the victim is white
there are just certain things you just know
like the only missing children worth finding are the white ones

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