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Manuprince (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Hey what do you expect? - He's an african american juror making his point infront of white law enforcement officers. He's got no chance at all.
gleamingauction (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I just learned of this tragic, miscarriage of justice today all the way in the United Kingdom on Television on a program called ''Lock Up'' on channel Zone Reality. I'm gutted to say the least.
awestby (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Whats wrong with your fucking country,
TheStapleGunKid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You don't seem to understand how felony murder works. Felony murder means if someone dies as a result of your felonious actions, you get a murder charge. If you try to rob an old man and he dies of heart attack from seeing the gun stuck in his face, that's murder wheather you intended for him to die or not. The same concept applies here.
darrenrosenow81 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
In Oz, the robber would be charged under Manslaughter. It would be murder if he pulled the trigger. A drink driver runs someone over. That's manslaughter. A straight woman lined up her cheating partner and runs him over and kills him. That's murder because it has intent.
jtking2504 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Its important for the public to know what happened as it is the only way that they can prevent something like this happening again. Although nothing can bring him back, if this injustice is made public, then it can pave the way for greater justice in future cases. His death will not have been in vain if the lives of others can be saved.
LykanKhan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Philip told me to let it go right before he died. I suggest you guys do the same. What's done is done and nothing will ever bring him back. He didn't get a fair trial and that's a fact. It's over. Let him rest in peace.My Uncle Philip was a great man and whatever bad things he did in this world, he paid for them and then some. Let it go.
Ride4Run (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The polygraph test is irrelevant - he admitted to lying (so he must have lied somewhere!) & is unreliable. This vid explains the witness perjered himself. It doesn't matter how many appeals were done or how many claims for clemency, that doesn't of itself prove guilt. Just because 1,000 cases are decided on the wrong evidence, how does that prove guilt? Critical evidence was also excluded from all of those appeals over the years, that would change the verdict. The jury also since recanted.
TheStapleGunKid (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Polygraph tests prove nothing. There are plenty of guilty people who have passed them and plenty of honest people who have failed them.Things that are called into question about a trial are handled by the appeals process, as well as by parole boards. Also, the governor of the state can grant clemency even if the entire criminal justice system upholds a conviction. Workman had the benefit of all those things over the course of 25 years (unlike Oliver), and his conviction was still upheld.
Ride4Run (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
If we don't know that the guy is lying either at trial or now, then he is not a reliable witness, that's the point. He also took a lie detector test, showing he had lied in his testimony, so he's a liar either way. Your other point, an assumption of innocence is supposed to be in someone's 'favour', that's what it is. You mentioned his conviction as proof of his guilt, I'm not disputing he was convicted and sentenced, but if evidence was flawed in trial then it calls the trial into question |
