Once again, the story of a life nearly ended by judicial murder, an innocent man framed by law enforcement, a corrupt medical examiner, and a court system that has become agnostic about the idea of Truth.
It is a relief to see Cory Maye freed from death row in Mississippi. It is distressing to see that those who colluded to put him there will never see a day inside a prison for their attempts to murder him.
Sans a bedrock stance that freedom and dignity are Divine birthrights, that the Constitution is our safeguard against tyranny, and the insistence that integrity is the only option, these frightening cases will continue to occur.
Until we level the playing field between the agents of the State and the private citizen, i.e., placing each badge, law license, and the freedom of those agents at risk when they prosecute felonies, the glue that holds us together will continue to melt.
There is a place for the death penalty--justice sometimes demands it. However, since the system has become so corrupted, administration of the death penalty becomes a lethal game of roulette. We must know with certainty that the convicted are truly guilty before they are dispatched violently. And, in the end, every execution is an act of violence against the condemned.
Sans that certainty, we must not carry that sentence out.
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