For today’s post, I’m going to
point you to an excellent article over at the Texas Monthly, which I stumbled across via Grits For Breakfast.
This is a long, long,
(longlonglong) piece written from various perspectives about the Waco lake
murders. Four men were imprisoned for the rape & murder of three teens.
One, David Spence, was executed by the state in 1997, one died in prison, one
was exonerated in 1993 and one, Anthony Melendez, remains incarcerated.
It’s sobering, because it shows how
much time and effort it takes to get a wrongful conviction overturned. The
level of bullshit displayed is a little disheartening; that’s what we’re up
against. Still, the dedication displayed by numerous unconnected people is
awe-inspiring. People can’t give a shit, unless they’re aware of shit; but you
get information into the hands of the right people and mountains can be moved.
We need to know about these cases
and be able to talk about them because I don’t believe that what happened to
Carlos Coy was something unique, or out of the ordinary. Texas has railroaded
its citizens, locking them away for years for crimes they did not commit. It’s
documented, it’s publicized, and yet it’s not going to stop without the
informed outrage of its citizens.
1 comment:
But isn't true that they didn't find no evanence on him to accuse him with accusations of the case and they try three separate times to find DNA and no evidence still and why did they locked him up with no proper cause and once again no reson because they didn't have no evidence
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