not the motivations were predicated upon hate, pred kaeted upon interference with religious ceremonies occurring at the time and simply saying that he was behaving in an irrational fashion and perhaps if they unhitetether the two th could potentially save his life. so it seems that is their intent. and speaking of the death penalty aspect of this case, the lawyer for the suspect, bowers, judy clark, she is known for representing some high profile defendants in death row cases. the boston marathon bomber, the unabomber, 1996 atlanta olympic bomber. does she have a pattern that might be playing out here as well? or that could be playing out here as well? yeah, two things are important. obviously those cases are very tragic unfortunates and just horrific to think about.
An Associated Press review of dozens of legal filings shows that President Joe Biden’s Justice Department is fighting just as vigorously as Donald Trump’s did to uphold death row inmates’ sentences.
people showed up. there was the notion if you were black and you got caught up in the criminal justice system, your chances of going to jail or prison was far greater. the history of our state is pretty well known, and it s always been a struggle. i think race probably touches just about every issue that emerges here in some fashion, to some degree. my attitude is that jim crow never died. it just dresses better and has better table manners. sabrina didn t get a fair trial. she didn t get a good trial. that one stayed with me more than i d like to admit. as sabrina s appeals began, her defense attorney contacted clive stafford smith, a british-born attorney special e specializing in civil rights and death row cases in mississippi. stafford-smith handles half the death row appeals in the state.
obama has said time and again this is a nation of second chances. but i think when you get to those death row cases, clearly they re a little more complicated because oftentimes they re dealing with violent crimes where this massive push we ve seen in the latter part of president obama s presidency has focused primarily on those street crimes. when you talk about reversing the disparity between the crack cocaine sentencing laws and the powder cocaine. we re talking about that ilk. first-time offenders who end up being sentenced to 20, 30, 40 years in prison. that s a little more complicated than those death row cases. but again in these last days as president obama tries to shore up his legacy, trying to push and firm up as much as he can before donald trump steps into office and then, you know, all is to the wind. but again to your point he s been aggressive but we have five days and we ll see. i have to ask you very quickly in the few seconds we have left, should we expect to see m
that. this is it. jon ramsey discovers the body. who who are they protecting? we are told the son burke was cleared by dna in the years after. dna was found around the underwear of jonbenet. dna can t testify and it lastses thousands, hundreds of years. weeks and days. you don t really know how the dna the gets to the victim or in the crime scene unless the it is completely, i guess, handled 100% properly. we see it in death row cases. dna needs supportive evidence. the supportive evidence of the dna goes in the exact opposite direction. the mother appears she wrote the ransom note. jon ramsey finds the body. the victim is strangled with a