Re: Troy Davis to be executed tonight, despite doubts of guilt (nbc)

On Sep 24, 10:37 am, DAFG3...@xxxxxxx wrote:
What I would like to know is does anything happen to people who
testify in court to something....and then "recant" later on?  I mean,
if you swear to something and then change your story....shouldn't
there be some kind of penalty?

Seldom are they ever charged. Usually because their recantation can't
be
validated as the truth. By that point in time the truth is gone. I
view some of the
claims in this case as real strange. As opposed to the beliefs of
some, cops don't
want to see someone convicted of cop killing except the actual cop
killer. They'd go
to the ends of the earth to find the real guy. Anyone who infers
otherwise is just plain
stupid.


Yes, I know that a penalty might make people fess up when they have
lied..and therefore it might leave someone convicted.
But, maybe it would prevent someone from lying in the first place?

There are laws on the books...in PA it's called "unsworn falsification
to authorities"...
in courts it's called perjury...


I don't know..just seems like bullcrap that someone's honest to God
truth-telling, can put someone away for years...and then for whatever
reason....the person's truthful testimony changes.  Can the guy's
years wasted in prison be "recanted"??  And I'm not just talking about
this case, because I'm not super familiar with it, except for what I
read yesterday. Do they have his fingerprints on the gun? Do they have
the gun? Did he have gunpowder residue or whatever on him?  Do some of
the witnesses still state that he is the guy? Or is the only witness
still sticking to their story the guy who supposedly confessed to
other that he did it, even though he testified that the other guy did
it?  I don't know all those facts..but they don't postpone an
execution often..so there must be something going on.

Very good points. Be careful in these cases. There seems to be little
evidence here,
but we weren't at the trial. Agenda folks seize upon this and maybe
rightly so. They
also seized upon the Mumia Abu Jamal case and he's the most guility
man in the universe.
A bullet from his gun was found in the cop's head, and the cop's
bullet was found in his stomach.
Many still claim he's innocent though....except of course every judge
and jury who ever heard the case :-)

.

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