O My Clementine
There's at least one person in prison who won the lottery. Robin Lovitt did not win a million dollars and a sudden avalanche of MySpace and Friendster invites from willing cyberblondes. He was given clemency. He was to have been the 1,000th person executed in the United States since capital punishment was reinstated in '76.The governor of Virginia commuted Lovitt's sentence to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Robin Lovitt was convicted for killing a man named Clayton Dicks during a robbery. He supposedly used a pair of scissors. Although admitting he robbed Dicks, Lovitt said someone else did the killin'.
That means Kenneth Lee Boyd, another member of the murderer's club, gets to stand in as lucky 1,000. Does this also mean that another politician who might be scamming to get mercy votes for the upcoming Presidential election will pardon Boyd? Either way, if you concentrate real hard you can hear Robin Lovitt's "Jesus H Christ" echoing from the stony heart of Virginia's penal system.
Killer Escapes Landmark Execution (BBC)
posted by sb at 8:06 PM
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You left out the bit about the Virginia DA's office intentionally and illegally throwing out (literally into the garbage) evidence in the case which could have been used in DNA testing to exonerate (or condenm) him.
Is it "winning the lotto" or having your right to a fair retrail thrown out by an overexuberant and criminal DA office
Is it "winning the lotto" or having your right to a fair retrail thrown out by an overexuberant and criminal DA office
# posted by 
: 3:12 PM, November 30, 2005
: 3:12 PM, November 30, 2005
Yeah totally! The history of our justice system is, to mangle a quote, littered with good intentions.
But by lotto I was referrin' to the unsettling image of a guy given clemency at the 11th hour by a governor who has never granted clemency before and how much that resembles the all American dream of instant success. That winning lottery ticket. The 7o375o82375 number picked out, astronomic chance, the year of the Rat and the year of the Snake getting together and bringing about a solar eclipse, kinda' thing.
But by lotto I was referrin' to the unsettling image of a guy given clemency at the 11th hour by a governor who has never granted clemency before and how much that resembles the all American dream of instant success. That winning lottery ticket. The 7o375o82375 number picked out, astronomic chance, the year of the Rat and the year of the Snake getting together and bringing about a solar eclipse, kinda' thing.
this post reminds me of this story from a while back:
Rapist scoops £7m on Lotto Extra: A man serving a life sentence for attempted rape has won £7m on the National Lottery. Iorworth Hoare, 52, was on release from Leyhill open prison in Gloucestershire when he bought his winning ticket for Saturday's Lotto Extra draw.
Rapist scoops £7m on Lotto Extra: A man serving a life sentence for attempted rape has won £7m on the National Lottery. Iorworth Hoare, 52, was on release from Leyhill open prison in Gloucestershire when he bought his winning ticket for Saturday's Lotto Extra draw.
So funny how the press/media sets these benchmarks and how effective they are. Just like Iraq. All the papers jumped on the story when it was the 2000th person killed. Now that number 1000 is coming up for execution its a story. In a Puffy type drawl, "It's all about the benchmarks baby."
"You left out the bit about the Virginia DA's office intentionally and illegally throwing out (literally into the garbage) evidence in the case which could have been used in DNA testing to exonerate (or condenm) him."
The evidence was disposed of ACCIDENTALLY several years after both Lovitt's initial trial and his appeal. The guy is guilty.
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The evidence was disposed of ACCIDENTALLY several years after both Lovitt's initial trial and his appeal. The guy is guilty.
