Scalia Insisted On Death Penalty For Inmate Now Exonerated By DNA Evidence

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Scalia Insisted On Death Penalty For Inmate Now Exonerated By DNA Evidence

by Sahil Kapur at Talking Points Memo

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/antonin-scalia-death-penalty-henry-lee-mccollum?utm_content=buffer0beec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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A man on death row for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl was freed by a judge this week after DNA evidence implicated another man in the case.


The man, Henry Lee McCollum, was described by Justice Antonin Scalia in 1994 as an example of why the death penalty was justified.

That year, the Supreme Court declined to review the case. Scalia and Justice Harry Blackmun wrote rivaling dissenting opinions in Callins v. Collins stating their strong beliefs for and against the death penalty, respectively.

The "death of a convicted murderer by lethal injection," Scalia wrote, "looks even better next to some of the other cases currently before us, which Justice Blackmun did not select as the vehicle for his announcement that the death penalty is always unconstitutional, for example, the case of the 11-year-old girl raped by four men and then killed by stuffing her panties down her throat. How enviable a quiet death by lethal injection compared with that!"



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[RandySF]

1. In a sane world, this would be impeachable.

[Kalidurga]

2. He will apologize any minute now, I am sure of it any decent person would.

It will probably be top headlines tomorrow morning.

[alittlelark]

5. .......sill waiting...............

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[Art_from_Ark]

6. Unfortunately, in order to read that headline,

you'll have to travel to the Mirror Universe.

[suffragette]

14. Ain't that the truth!

[Kalidurga]

17. I suspect you are right

[kelliekat44]

3. Scalia is neither a "brilliant jurist," moral, humane, unbiased, honest SCOJ. He is merely a

bigoted, bloated, blowhard who has ascended to a position far exceeding his true abilities.

[Uncle Joe]

7. That's true, kelliekat, but in his defense, Scalia is also a festering, gangrenous anal boil..

so he has that going for him.

[lonestarnot]

9. Ackety.

But your know that's always what I think when I have to look at him.

[moondust]

4. With judgment that bad...

he needs to resign.

[lonestarnot]

10. I would rather see him impeached.

[lonestarnot]

8. "Wrong then, wrong now."

[Enthusiast]

11. Scalia is like the anti Jerry Garcia.

The bizarro Jerry Garcia. Up is down, right is wrong......Saint is asshole.

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[Tumbulu]

12. I hate the guy, don't get me wrong, but he was

presuming that the guy was actually guilty of this crime. And although I am against the death penalty in general, all four guys who raped a little girl and then killed her should stay in prison the rest of their lives. Even if they did not kill her they should.

Most people would agree.

[kcr]

16. Was anyone actually arguing that the actual killers should go free?

And don't be so quick to defend Scalia. He has stated that he thinks the Constitution doesn't forbid executing innocent people and their actual innocence doesn't matter if the verdict was properly reached. Scalia doesn't care.

[Tumbulu]

20. I am not defending Scalia, but I am saying that anyone who did such an act

deserves life without parole. Looks like the men who actually did this got off scott free, and who knows how many other children's lives they ruined with torture and death?

[applegrove]

19. Death penalty cannot be corrected ifpp

if a mistake was made. It serves no other purpose than bloodlust. At the very least this should give him pause to reflect on the issue. Doubt he is the type for reflection.

[Tumbulu]

21. I said life without parole

please read before reacting. Or do you think such a crime does not deserve life without parole?

[applegrove]

22. Life without parole would do.

[SoapBox]

13. Such a creep...

He would let you die, rather than fight for you.

[U4ikLefty]

15. "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence

properly reached" - Antonin Scalia

[Zorra]

18. He's simply not fit for his position in any way. nt