ahh... if only it were as simple as one side is wrong and the other right.

The problem here seems to be that there are two victims. Obviously, Micheal Sexton's life has been hell, and there are very real reasons for sympathising with his plight and wanting to assure that justice has been done and people in his position in life get the help they need before anything violent results from it. On the other hand someone killed Ms Crewes...she is also a victim regardless of her race, and also deserves justice.

The danger comes when we assume that just because the judicial system is flawed and racisim still runs rampant in sections of our society and in our courts, that the victim of racisim is automatically innocent of the crime itself. Nothing in your post tells me about the facts and the evidence used to convict him in the trial, so I can't say wether Mr. Sexton's sentence should be commuted or not.

I agree one hundred percent with the concern over racial bias and the death penelty-and the cause for concern in North Carolina is overwhelmingly obvious-but to use those concerns to summarily dismiss the issue of guilt or innocence in a murder trial only clouds the issue. Hopefully, those working so tirelessly to try to correct these injustices can make sure that we dont swing the pendulaum too far the other way and figure out a way to see true, pure justice accomplished that is truely color blind!