Found your "source"
if you can call your ideological
rag a "source"....
Also was the source of your "quote"
prodeathpenalty.com
Dubious....to say the least...
Now the problem with the death penalty
and the criminal justice system, in general,
is the ability for those of means
to purchase a greater degree fo defense.
Graham's court appointed
counsel was incompetent. Graham
did not have the means to hire Johnny Cochran
Citing trial testimony
neglects what the incompetent "defense" attorney
didn't admit as evidence
which should have been included
and which should have allowed for a new trial.
The Appeals system in Texas also failed Graham
but appeals system typically do.
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Now Some additional sources
usnews.about.com
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From Nightline 3 days before
the execution.
usnews.about.com
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Graham’s murder conviction 19 years ago is based
largely on the testimony of a single witness. Even such a
staunch advocate of capital punishment as Pat
Robertson, head of the Christian coalition, is urging
Governor Bush to stop Graham’s execution.
In fact, Graham’s new
attorneys know of six other eyewitnesses at the store on
the night of the killing who say Graham was not the
shooter. Ron Hubbard is one of them.
RON HUBBARD: They called me in to view the
lineup. And I did not recognize the person who I saw
that night in the parking lot. And after I did that, they
said, ‘Well, thank you for your assistance.’
Cashier Sherian Etuk
also witnessed the murder from a distance and went to
the police station. She says the murderer was shorter
than Gary Graham.
Graham’s court-appointed attorney, Ronald Mock, failed to call
either Hubbard or Etuk to the stand, even though both
were identified in the police report. And the ballistics
report showed that the .22 caliber bullet that killed
Lambert was not fired from the gun that Graham was
arrested with, but Graham’s attorney never mentioned
that piece of evidence to the jury either. Tonight, the
former co-counsel defending Gary Graham said he now
regrets the decision not to introduce the ballistics report,
and he tried to explain why the defense called no witnesses.
No physical evidence has
ever been found that links him to the crime. And
Graham’s new attorneys claim that the one eyewitness,
Bernadine Skillern, picked him out of the lineup after
being shown a highly suggestive series of photographs.
The description of the shooter was a young black male,
no mustache, no beard, one-inch compact Afro haircut.
Now let’s look at the photographs that she was shown.
If you look at the top, you see that this fellow has a
mustache and bushy hair. This fellow has bushy hair.
This fellow has both bushy hair and a mustache. This guy
has both bushy hair and a mustache. And there’s only
one picture there that has a short haircut and no facial
hair. And guess who it is? It’s Gary Graham.
Now why wasn't she shown a number of photographs
of people w. similar characteristics that fit the description
and not just one?
Two jurors who sentenced Graham to death now say they would have
found him not guilty had they heard all the evidence.
BOBBY JOE PRYOR [juror] After hearing all this new
evidence, I just don’t believe he’s guilty.
BOBBY JOE PRYOR: He [the 'defense" attorney] just didn’t
present to me or any kind of fight for the guy. Seemed like he
didn’t- it was just one-sided. It’s just ‘I’m in here to get it over
with and get out of here.’
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Now link to this site
Graham's last words
usnews.about.com
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click to the fact sheet on the bottom
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-Graham's gun didn't match the ballistics.
-Graham was the only person in the mug shots also in the line up
and the only one clean shaven with short hair.
-The eye witness initially said the assailant had a darker
complexion and was thinner.
-Graham had four alibi witnesses that passed polygraphs
More than sufficient reasonable doubt....though
I guess to some people "they" all look the same....
and thus what's another lynchin' to them
boys down there in Texas?
Presumed guilty until proven innocent...too
late...thus let's just kill an innocent man
and some how rationalize it.
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