Drives Me Nutes - TV Shows and the Death Penalty
So, have you ever watched a television show where there's someone on death row and the lawyers (or Project Innocence) launch an appeal? (I just recently watched the episodes of The Practice and Bones with this basic premise)


Well, they alway have the victim's family get really upset. The family complains that the process is taking too long, and they want the person who killed their daughter/son/other family member taken to justice. And really, they have every right to be angry and upset and confused.

But HELLO! If someone came up to me and told me that the case was being reopened because there was reason to doubt the killer's guild, my reactions would so different. You were just informed that might have the WRONG person. The REAL killer might be OUT ON THE STREETS.

I know that losing someone is very emotional, but I don't think that it should cause humans to lose all reasoning capabilities. I wouldn't demand that the police to kill off the guy they found who might not be the right guy. I would demand PROOF that the guy did it, and failing that, demand the guy (or girl, to be fair) the DID do it.

Then I demand that they off the murderer. Because grieving families do have the right to demand justice.