I used to think it was unusual for someone to be wrongly convicted on deathrow in the USA. It would take rare cases where well meaning people came to the wrong conclusions.
But it now seems to be really quite common in Texas. Horrifying that new evidence cannot be considered, nor can incompetant to mediocre consul. It look like just passing the bar is enough to count as "capable." But anyone who has ever spoken with an lawyer, will say they are loath to take cases that deviate from thier specialty, and freely admit to being morons outsided of thier chosen areas.
Nor can they handle really espensive cases
unless they can at least hope to cover most of thier overhead. The media often shows vicious thugs in positions of power abroad, but rarely ever at home. I remember during the cold war the often real comical thugs portrayed in Communist countries, who often kllled, imprisoned and served themselves.
We could quite likely give any of them a run for the money right here. The private press does little to help the situation.
We may be devolving into an even worse nation as too many people fail to hold officials accountable. Castro, Hugo Chavez and others have never been able to take anyone's rights away here. It is the very people who claim to support law and order who are doing so.
John