{"id":44890,"date":"2014-09-03T11:51:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/03\/the-paragon-of-death-penalty-convictions-turns-out-to-be-a-bust.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T15:45:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T22:45:46","slug":"the-paragon-of-death-penalty-convictions-turns-out-to-be-a-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/03\/the-paragon-of-death-penalty-convictions-turns-out-to-be-a-bust.html","title":{"rendered":"The paragon of death penalty convictions turns out to be a bust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antonin Scalia once namechecked convicted murderer Henry Lee McCollum as a perfect example of why capital punishment was such a keen idea. This week, after 30 years on Death Row, McCollum was freed based on DNA evidence.<\/p>\n

Of course, Scalia has also proposed that there's nothing particularly un-Constitutional about executing an innocent man, so long as all the legal forms have been followed properly. So I guess this episode won't make him reconsider.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nAntonin Scalia’s Favorite Murderer Is Innocent
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\nThe convictions of two mentally disabled half-brothers were vacated and the two men were ordered released by Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser in North Carolina on Tuesday. They were freed from prison Wednesday. Henry Lee McCollum, 50, had been on death row for 30 years, longer than anyone in North…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Antonin Scalia once namechecked convicted murderer Henry Lee McCollum as a perfect example of why capital punishment was such a keen idea. This week, after 30 years on Death Row, McCollum was freed based on DNA evidence. 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