The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for August 28, 2010
August 27, 2010
August 29, 2010
Transcript:
Caesar: Death penalty: for or against? Huey: Depends on who's doing the killing. Obviously our criminal justice system, as racist as it is, should not have the power to execute people. However, if I got to choose who goes to the chair, I already have a list prepared and memorized if you'd like to hear - Caesar: That's okay...
I don’t think there’s anything all that conservative about saying people should get convicted on less-convincing evidence, or anything that liberal about saying people should get convicted only on more-convincing evidence.
Don’t we all want the innocent to go free? It’s just a question of how many probably-guilty people we can stand to let go also, in order to ensure that the innocent do. We all know that there is such a thing as being lucky enough to get away with a crime. That fact doesn’t mean that the concept of proving a case is bogus.