Empathy for the Devil

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I recall reading a supreme court case that said, in effect, that "...it is perfectly legal to execute an innocent person provided he had a fair trial..."



This is a decision without empathy. The courts denied an appeal that could have provided actual evidence of innocence simply because the appeal was filed 24 hours too late due to a clerical error. A man who was very likely innocent was executed in N.Carolina. There is strong evidence pointing to the actual killer but the state has closed the case and refuses to examine the evidence because it would show them to be wrong and to have executed an innocent person AND allowed the person who likely is a killer, go free.



This is where the court MUST be able to use empathy and look to what is just, not just what is "constitutional".
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost