At center stage, underneath a solitary spotlight, a middle-aged black man tells of how he ended up on Death Row, wrongfully convicted for raping a white teenage girl and murdering her lover. Watching in the off-Broadway audience at the 45 Bleecker Street Theater sits Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the former prizefighter who was also imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. Carter,… return to article
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Reader Comments (9)Page 1 of 1 pagesJeremy O’Kasick, writing that Austin, Texas is a “pro-death penalty bastion” errs in that what happens in the Legislature here does not reflect the general populace who live here because it is an oasis of liberal thinking and acting. I refer O’Kasic to Austin’s State Senator Barrientos, now “stationed” in Albuquerque, NM, as representative of Austin’s modus operandi.
Posted by Lynne Babcock on Aug 21, 2003 at 5:50 PM GO, Killer D’s!!! Hang in there! Albuquerque is hot, but the ‘publicans in Texas are as hot as ol’ Judge Moore must get tryin’ to hold onto his own personal courthouse.
Posted by Allan on Aug 21, 2003 at 6:29 PM Oh yeah. The Exonerated sounds like a great play. Wonder if it’s coming to San Diego. We don’t git no cultcha down heah.
Posted by Allan on Aug 21, 2003 at 6:31 PM Since 9/11 the American government is becoming even more rightwing than it already was.
When will you americans realise that ,as bad as it was, 3000 dead people is nowhere near the amount that the US government, Coorporations, puppetstates,... has killed or is killing? ? ? ? don’t get me wrong, belguim or Europe also contributes to it, but your attitudes beats us all. It would be a good start to stop the deathpenalty’s in your own land.
Posted by zen on Aug 21, 2003 at 10:11 PM so start somewhere and stop the deathpenalty NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by zen on Aug 21, 2003 at 10:13 PM I am a board member of th eEastern Missouri Coalition to abolish the Death Penalty. Our state is number four in executions. We would be very interested in financing “The Exonerated” to bring their play to St. Louis. How do I get in touch with them?
Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for writing about this very important issue.
Posted by Deb Conley on Aug 22, 2003 at 1:40 AM How can I find out when this play will come to California, and where it may be. I’m an abolitionist/activist and many of us will travel just about anywhere to be able to see it. Please let me know if you have any info. Thanks.
Posted by Maria Telesco on Aug 22, 2003 at 7:14 AM You quote Mr Jensen as saying “” but the facts are different. I’d like to draw your attention to an article which appeared in the New York Times in which this appeared ...
A prosecutor was trying to block a death row inmate from having his conviction reopened on the basis of new evidence, and Judge Stith, of the Missouri Supreme Court, was getting exasperated.
“Are you suggesting,” she asked the prosecutor, that “even if we find Mr. Amrine is actually innocent, he should be executed?”
Frank A. Jung, an assistant state attorney general, replied, “That’s correct, your honor.”
Posted by Subversity on Aug 22, 2003 at 7:19 PM Hooray. But I wowuld add the real driving issue here is prosecutorial misconduct. Until we remove prosecut(ors)(ion) from the ranks of politics there will always be innocents sent to jail for political gain.
After all, can anyone name more than a handful of district attorneys across the country who don’t want a higher political office? Or who don’t want the moniker ‘hard on crime?’
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