This has NOT been our system of justice for 250 years. There was a time when the system worked much better than it does now. I believe it will again, but not without prodding.

Contrary to your post, elgato, those wrongly convicted are not all miscreants who got caught for the wrong crime, or habitual offenders. Many of them had not committed crimes before being convicted of someone else's crime. It is a misstatement of the facts to suggest otherwise. And, while they are incarcerated for a crime they didn't commit, the real perpetrator is living free and giving the one finger salute to our system of justice.

Life today is and should be about correcting the issues, not about just accepting them as they are. I won't sit back and watch as that happens. Who knows, maybe somewhere along the path Lady Justice will peek out of her blindfold and shine some light on the mess we call our justice system.

I plan to keep tugging on her blindfold.

As I stated before, I could believe in the death penalty if I could believe in our justice system. But, that isn't possible today and I will continue to fight against any more innocents being executed by the state for no more reason than they received inadequate counsel at trial.

I realize that I am not likely going to change anyone's mind on this board.

That's fine. It won't stop me from posting my opinion.

KillerB,

Good post. I agree that prosecutors are off their leashes.

I would love to see UNLV's journalism students do some of the same things and Northwestern, but I would fear for their safety since we seem to have a similar problem with some of Metro.

Off their leash, gosh that's a great line. Wish I'd thought of it.

You just don't get it, do you elgato?

Judged by a jury of his peers, in a setting that is not JUST.

I believe the last statistic I read was that 15% of all incarcerated are innocent of their crimes.

You don't and will never know if he was.

If the system were right 99.9 % of the time I'd agree with you all that he saved us a lot of tax dollars. But not with our system of justice the way it currently is.

Furthermore, I don't understand why everyone gets all upset when a policeperson is killed, but not when a citizen is killed for any reason.

Police took the job knowing it was dangerous. In my opinion our police have largely become thugs with badges who feel they are above the law. Until they clean their own house, they no longer "serve and protect", and are not entitled to any more respect than anyone else.

Judge not, lest ye be judged.

We don't know the hell that this man went through. Nor do we ever really know that a person convicted of a crime is truly guilty.

The whole process is flawed and broken. How then can you trust that in this instance it was right?

Until we know for certain, we have become the killers of innocents.

When will the elected officials of this state stand up and speak for those who have no voice?

There is no justice in this state, there is plenty of corruption.

Where is the ACLU? Working on making it safe to hand pamphlets of prostitutes to visitors of our valley.

I don't know if the Oath Keepers are willing to take on an issue that the public doesn't even want to hear about, but I am beginning to believe after hearing about the treatment of prisoners that Skolnik is the head Nazi.

There must be something that can be done to stop these abuses of power.

Let's not pay for abortions, we would much rather pay for welfare for those babies for 18 years.

NOT

What ever happened to compassion? That is what is really missing in our society right now.

The ability to walk a mile in the moccosins of another and judge them accordingly.

SHAME on the pardons board.

Marte, just a thought, do you suppose those tailgaters are really just asking you in the only way they can to get out of the way? If you are driving too slowly, you should consider taking public transportation.

I will admit that in certain instances I am that tailgater. If you can't handle the speed, get off the freeway.

If you can't do the speed limit, please drive in the right hand lane and let the rest of us pass.

That is the polite thing to do.

Fact check - the crime rate has dropped in the last couple of years.

Where is the motivation to rehabilitate if once your debt is paid to society you still have a life sentence because you can't find gainful employment?

Our judicial system sucks, and the attitude of lock em up and throw away the key does not make for a better country, nor is it just.

WTF?