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The Tennessean Speaks Out

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"Execution still leaves questions," is the editorial in today's newspaper.  Here's an extended excerpt:Tennessee executed Steve Henley early Wednesday for the 1985 killings of a couple in Jackson County, applying a final solution to a case that had no final answers.Just as the state moved ahead to put Philip Workman to death 16 months ago, despite finding he did not fire the gun that killed a Memphis police officer, questions surround the conviction of Henley, 55.Chief among them is whether any death-penalty case should hinge on the testimony of a co-defendant, in whose interest it is that the other man receive the blame.Henley's co-defendant, Terry Flatt, received a reduced sentence of 25 years after testifying that Henley shot Fred and Edna Stafford and set fire to their house because of a money dispute...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).