http://dagblog.com/link/cruel-not-unusual-clarence-thomas-9661 Comments for "Cruel but Not Unusual: Clarence Thomas' Decision" en http://dagblog.com/comment/114865#comment-114865 <a id="comment-114865"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/cruel-not-unusual-clarence-thomas-9661">Cruel but Not Unusual: Clarence Thomas&#039; Decision</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/opinion/10thompson.html?ref=todayspaper">The Prosecution Rests, but I Can’t</a><br />By JOHN THOMPSON, <em>New York Times</em> Guest Op-Ed, April 9-10, 2011<br /><br />I SPENT 18 years in prison for robbery and murder, 14 of them on death row. I’ve been free since 2003, exonerated after evidence covered up by prosecutors surfaced just weeks before my execution date. Those prosecutors were never punished. Last month, the Supreme Court decided 5-4 to overturn a case I’d won against them and the district attorney who oversaw my case, ruling that they were not liable for the failure to turn over that evidence — which included proof that blood at the robbery scene wasn’t mine.<br /><br />Because of that, prosecutors are free to do the same thing to someone else today.....</p></blockquote></div></div></div> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:43:22 +0000 artappraiser comment 114865 at http://dagblog.com