Doug R wrote (in response to my comment about Damien Echols):

"Well, Peg, evidently a jury of his peers found him guilty."

--uh huh. And a jury of twelve found O.J. Simpson innocent.

"Obviously, they could be wrong, but until otherwise proven wrong, I would assume that their judgement will stand."

--the case is under appeal.

"I'm not at all familiar with the case so I would not comment either way."

--except to comment that since a jury of twelve found him guilty that is sufficient to execute him.

If you really are so cavalier about the death penalty, maybe you SHOULD look into what happens when the wheels of justice don't turn as they should, and innocent people end up in prison. THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY. And some of them end up on Death Row. And some of them are executed. Innocent men, murdered by the state.

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