Larry Griffin execution reexamined

Posted on Jul 21, 2005 by BlogKC

Missouri may be the first state to be proved to have executed an innocent man. CNN, The Star, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch both report on the re-opening of the Larry Griffin case. The NAACP has issued a report arguing that Griffin was probably innocent, and the prosecutor has re-opened the case. Even the victim’s family now believes that Griffin is innocent.

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3 Responses to Larry Griffin execution reexamined

  1. Hippster says:
    Jul 21, 2005 at 4:23 pm

    Stories like this are just awful.

    I don’t see a real problem with the death penalty in theory, but in practice there’s always going to be terrible injustices like this.

    I don’t have a real problem giving BTK a lethal injection, but balanced against the political and legal mechanics that lead to wrong decisions by police, lawyers, government officials, judges, and juries, I don’t think the death penalty is good policy.

  2. bob berdella says:
    Jul 22, 2005 at 10:01 am

    yeah, well, guess who isn’t getting the death penalty? BTK. the system rocks.

  3. Hippster says:
    Jul 22, 2005 at 4:26 pm

    Exactly.