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[theweaselking]

Antonin "The Supreme Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is actually innocent" Scalia is dead.

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[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

"being innocent of the crime we're killing you for is no reason to not kill you."

[falconwarrior.livejournal.com]

I assume you're thinking of a specific case, or did this happen with some amount of frequency?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It was one of Scalia's more famous positions: That, just because you were wrongly convicted and hadn't actually committed any crime, the legal system had no obligation to avoid punishing you. The specific quote I used was from a case where he argued that an inmate on death row couldn't win on appeal just because he was CLEARLY FRAMED. To Scalia, it didn't matter if the inmate actually committed the crime or not.

[falconwarrior.livejournal.com]

Wow. I mean, I already thought it was a good thing he's dead, but I guess it's a REALLY good thing he's dead.