An issue of Justice
There is a little bit of satisfaaction that Toookie got what he deserved, and Los Angeles is not burning. He was a cold blooded murderer, that never showed any remourse for his senseless violence. Unfortunatly not all accused is given the the many opportunitys that Tookie was given to present their side.Cory Maye was awakend one night to some men breaking down his door and charging at him while he was sleeping in the same room as his 18 month old daughter. He pulled out a handgun and fired. One cop was dead, the son of the chief of police. The cop was white the Cory Maye is black.
The Agitator puts it this way:
Put yourself in Maye's shoes. You have no criminal record. You've done nothing wrong. In the middle of the night, in a bad neighborhood, you awake to find someone attempting to break down your door. The door flies open, and a man in black paramilitary gear comes storming into your bedroom, where your infant daughter also happens to be sleeping.Not only is that set of circumstances "reasonable ground" to think that someone is about to do you "great personal injury," and that you're in "imminent danger" of said personal injury being accomplished, you'd be crazy not to take quick action to defend yourself.
Cory Maye is now on Death Row. Radley Balko itterates the facts as well as the uncertainties as well as they are known. Over at the Hammer of Truth, Stephen Gordon is getting out the word. The Main Stream Media hasn't picked up on this story but perhaps the Blogosphere can make a difference. This isn't an issue of Liberal versus Conservative, but an issue of justice. If we make enough noise, perhaps this man will get another chance to have his case reconcidered.
posted by Liberty @ 8:17 PM
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I recall first reading the details of Cory Maye's case and having a strong sense of "There but for the grace of God go I." It seems to me that if someone busted into my house in the middle of the night, unidentified, then I too might take exteme measures to protect those I love.
You may already know this, because Stephen Gordon put up a notice about it over at Hammer Of Truth, but Laura Denyes, myself, and some like minded people have been working on a petition asking or Cory Maye's release. We've tried to word the petition in a manner that conservatives, libertarians and liberals would all feel comfortable signing it. We have it up now here:
http://www.whatisliberalism.com/index.php?pageId=87667
We hope to bring attention to the case of Cory Maye. At some point this spring, we intend to print this out and mail it to the Governor of Mississippi and to all the major newspapers.
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Well I to but I dream the brief should acquire more info then it has.
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