Pam
03-20-2003, 07:44 AM
This is the final writing of Michael Thompson. I believe that everyone should read this.
Will You Hear Me Now?
By Michael Thompson
Executed by the State of Alabama 3-13-03
This writing published here on 3-16-03
Judicial prejudice and malice, prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, involuntary confessions forced by promises, threats and trickery, the failure of investigators to produce favorable evidence while creating unfavorable, false evidence – these are the components that not only violate the rights of the guilty, but also convict the innocent. Components of a system of justice which has run amuck for far too long under the guise of “being touch on crime” from the Circuit Courts to the United States Supreme Court. When our highest judiciary fails to enforce the rights guaranteed to every individual under the United States Constitution, society as a whole inherits a corrupt system of justice that functions not to protect, but to prosecute and only fools would believe that the innocent are not convicted, and even put to death. A corrupt, zealous justice system can make the most innocent among us appear to be guilty monsters, especially with the assistance of the “spin-doctor” media who graduate from the Jerry Springer school of "“shock TV”.
Today, the State of Alabama has put to death an innocent man. Since I’m already dead, and have nothing to gain, perhaps society will finally listen. My blood is on your hands, but I’ve prayed that God will forgive you all, for you don’t realize what you are doing. You are kept in ignorance of the truth and made to believe that our justice system is perfect, and that it’s hard at work protecting you from people like me. I spent over 18 years behind bars for a crime that I did not commit and now I’ve been put to death. You should fear the system that did this to me.
On December 10, 1984 I found myself caught up in something that resembled a segment from the TV series “The Twilight Zone”, and it chewed me up like a lion devouring fresh kill. Every twist and turn only sunk me deeper and deeper until, had I not known better, even I would have thought myself to be guilty. The justice system devoured me. It took an innocent man and ripped him to shreds and devoured him. I was that man.
My only reason for leaving you this last statement is to beg you to please put an end to this madness. Stop the killing! At least a live person stands a chance of one day proving his innocence. Don’t ever murder an innocent person again. Let my execution be the END of the death penalty in Alabama. I love this state. I love the people in this state. Please love yourselves enough to rise above this evil and be a Godly people, and a just people, for today, as I was executed, you were the only ones present who were guilty of murder.
I’m a Christian – a born again child of God, and all I feel is love and forgiveness. I choose to see my execution as a sacrifice. A wake up call to you. You have executed an innocent man! I’m with God, but you are not, and I pray that you all will be one day, for Jesus died for your sins also. But you must repent and ask yourself “what would Jesus do?”
Please stop the killing. It’s not God’s will – it’s man’s will.
God Love You All
Will You Hear Me Now?
By Michael Thompson
Executed by the State of Alabama 3-13-03
This writing published here on 3-16-03
Judicial prejudice and malice, prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, involuntary confessions forced by promises, threats and trickery, the failure of investigators to produce favorable evidence while creating unfavorable, false evidence – these are the components that not only violate the rights of the guilty, but also convict the innocent. Components of a system of justice which has run amuck for far too long under the guise of “being touch on crime” from the Circuit Courts to the United States Supreme Court. When our highest judiciary fails to enforce the rights guaranteed to every individual under the United States Constitution, society as a whole inherits a corrupt system of justice that functions not to protect, but to prosecute and only fools would believe that the innocent are not convicted, and even put to death. A corrupt, zealous justice system can make the most innocent among us appear to be guilty monsters, especially with the assistance of the “spin-doctor” media who graduate from the Jerry Springer school of "“shock TV”.
Today, the State of Alabama has put to death an innocent man. Since I’m already dead, and have nothing to gain, perhaps society will finally listen. My blood is on your hands, but I’ve prayed that God will forgive you all, for you don’t realize what you are doing. You are kept in ignorance of the truth and made to believe that our justice system is perfect, and that it’s hard at work protecting you from people like me. I spent over 18 years behind bars for a crime that I did not commit and now I’ve been put to death. You should fear the system that did this to me.
On December 10, 1984 I found myself caught up in something that resembled a segment from the TV series “The Twilight Zone”, and it chewed me up like a lion devouring fresh kill. Every twist and turn only sunk me deeper and deeper until, had I not known better, even I would have thought myself to be guilty. The justice system devoured me. It took an innocent man and ripped him to shreds and devoured him. I was that man.
My only reason for leaving you this last statement is to beg you to please put an end to this madness. Stop the killing! At least a live person stands a chance of one day proving his innocence. Don’t ever murder an innocent person again. Let my execution be the END of the death penalty in Alabama. I love this state. I love the people in this state. Please love yourselves enough to rise above this evil and be a Godly people, and a just people, for today, as I was executed, you were the only ones present who were guilty of murder.
I’m a Christian – a born again child of God, and all I feel is love and forgiveness. I choose to see my execution as a sacrifice. A wake up call to you. You have executed an innocent man! I’m with God, but you are not, and I pray that you all will be one day, for Jesus died for your sins also. But you must repent and ask yourself “what would Jesus do?”
Please stop the killing. It’s not God’s will – it’s man’s will.
God Love You All