Death penalty is contrary to the ideals of democracy, USA is an authoritarian country, and an election now and then doesn't really change that.
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2026
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Therefore, Texas killed an innocent man. Which is murder. Time to put Texas to death.
He was 19 - legally a man, but still a teen.
Tommy was at the birth of his son at the time that woman was raped and murdered.
His son never got to know his father. Imagine growing up with your mom falling into a bottle while she says “They took your daddy from us…”.
The depravity of man knows no bounds. We are the worst thing that has ever happened to this planet. We could be living in a time where no child goes to bed hungry, and every person is treated with the dignity they deserve. Instead, money and hatred (also known as capitalism) is speedrunning the collapse of our modern times.
Racism? In Texas? Say it ain't so.
And apparently 70 years ago too.
"they still do but they used to, too."
This work is very important. However, I can't help but feel like the Innocence Project should be focusing as much of their limited resources as possible on people who are still alive and potentially unjustly on death row or imprisoned for life.
my very limited (I just stumbled across this article) understanding is less push back from the state over closed cases. It maybe also helps to establish precedent by overturning wrongful convictions and presenting evidence to the judge in current cases to give them pause before they condemn an innocent to death.