Comments on: Truscott Acquitted, Foster Reprieved: Where’s the Justice? http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/truscott-acquitted-foster-reprieved-where%e2%80%99s-the-justice/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Frank Morton http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/truscott-acquitted-foster-reprieved-where%e2%80%99s-the-justice/#comment-5152 Frank Morton Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:17:57 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/truscott-acquitted-foster-reprieved-where%e2%80%99s-the-justice/#comment-5152 Greed is like a long tailed dragon or monster. It eventually starts to eat its own tail and no amount of moralizing or logical argument can persuade it to stop. In America, greed is not only accepted, it is appluaded. Even the, so called Christian churches tend to promote this idolatry. Pigs,no offence ment to the swine, are destroying the consumer base which is essential to their own survival. In the comming cahos the good and bad will suffer. God lift up the faithful. I cannot pray for America or its way. Greed is like a long tailed dragon or monster. It eventually starts to eat its own tail and no amount of moralizing or logical argument can persuade it to stop. In America, greed is not only accepted, it is appluaded. Even the, so called Christian churches tend to promote this
idolatry.
Pigs,no offence ment to the swine, are destroying the consumer base which is essential to their own survival. In the comming cahos the good and bad will suffer. God lift up the faithful. I cannot pray for America or its way.

]]> By: Bill from Temple http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/truscott-acquitted-foster-reprieved-where%e2%80%99s-the-justice/#comment-5111 Bill from Temple Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:54:49 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/truscott-acquitted-foster-reprieved-where%e2%80%99s-the-justice/#comment-5111 It is sad to see that all of the lies and half-truths finally worked and clemency was granted to Foster. I really do not blame Perry or the Board as much for this miscarriage of justice as those people who have deliberately distorted the truth to implement their agenda. I have worked very hard in the past to get persons off death row: Karla Tucker and James Richardson (one case worked, the other did not). Now we get to support Foster for another 40+ years AND the nuts will have been reinforced in their anti-death penalty crusade. I have found in over thirty years of research on the subject two “facts” – I do not like most of the pro-death penalty fanatics because they are too intolerant AND I do not like most of the anti-death penalty fanatics because they would rather lie or tell half-truths than tell the truth about a case. This is certainly the case here. It is sad to see that all of the lies and half-truths finally worked and clemency was granted to Foster.
I really do not blame Perry or the Board as much for this miscarriage of justice as those people who have deliberately distorted the truth to implement their agenda.

I have worked very hard in the past to get persons off death row: Karla Tucker and James Richardson (one case worked, the other did not).

Now we get to support Foster for another 40+ years AND the nuts will have been reinforced in their anti-death penalty crusade.
I have found in over thirty years of research on the subject two “facts” – I do not like most of the pro-death penalty fanatics because they are too intolerant AND I do not like most of the anti-death penalty fanatics because they would rather lie or tell half-truths than tell the truth about a case. This is certainly the case here.

]]> By: A H http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/truscott-acquitted-foster-reprieved-where%e2%80%99s-the-justice/#comment-5088 A H Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:47:34 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/09/truscott-acquitted-foster-reprieved-where%e2%80%99s-the-justice/#comment-5088 Agree to an extent - what is more cruel - shooting a victim or making one suffer years in the stress of poverty and forcing them into crime to survive. As for the assumption that is is necessarily class deprivation that drives crime - I'm not sure from what you've said that you can fully conclude your claim. However it is a possible source. My feeling is that power over the life of an individual who is not an immediate risk to life (i.e., self-defence or in dealing with a hostage crises aside) - is not something the state should have - ever. Agree to an extent – what is more cruel – shooting a victim or making one suffer years in the stress of poverty and forcing them into crime to survive. As for the assumption that is is necessarily class deprivation that drives crime – I’m not sure from what you’ve said that you can fully conclude your claim. However it is a possible source.

My feeling is that power over the life of an individual who is not an immediate risk to life (i.e., self-defence or in dealing with a hostage crises aside) – is not something the state should have – ever.

]]>