This is why ...

... I cannot vote for Gov Perry:

[Rosen's] alarming conclusion: the wrongful convictions were not idiosyncratic but resulted from a series of flawed practices that the courts rely on every day, namely, false and coerced confessions, questionable eyewitness procedures, invalid forensic testimony and corrupt statements by jailhouse informers.

Todd Willingham comes immediately to mind about Gov Perry. Willingham was found guilty of murdering his three daughters by starting a fire at their house. But a commission tasked with reviewing his case found that not only did the investigation not meet current criteria, but it failed to meet criteria at the time the investigation was done. So Perry, in his zeal to make sure that justice was done, replaced two members of that commision, who promptly quashed the review.

Likewise Troy Davis; accused of murdering an off-duty cop, he was convicted with no physical evidence, but rather on eye-witness testimony, several of whom recanted. Three jurors on the case said they would not have convicted given the new testimony. And yet, judges reviewing the case said that the inconsistencies were irrelevant.

Rick Perry is a statist, relying on the supremacy of the state over the individual. He doesn't deserve your vote.

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