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Letter to Governor Riley from Rev. David J. Tokarz, Pastor

24 July 2008 The Honorable Bob Riley, Governor State Capitol 600 Dexter Avenue Montgomery, AL 36150 Dear Governor Riley: I write to encourage you in the strongest possible terms to grant a stay of execution to Thomas Arthur pending DNA testing to establish his guilt or innocence definitively. There is no honest motivation possible for refusing this test, and Mr. Arthur would have nothing to gain by asking for it if he were indeed guilty: this alone indicates the test could exonerate him. On what understanding of ?justice? are we required to assume that there can be no ?closure? in capital cases unless there is also an execution? The Innocence Project and Amnesty International are not groups of the ?lunatic fringe,? and they are pushing for DNA testing; a study report to the United Nations says Alabama is ?willing to ignore [judicial] weaknesses...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on July 24, 2008 (boomark / email).