Reflections on Baltimore by Derrick Weston. Much to ponder.
Monthly Archives: April 2015
Purple not flowers, Brookfield Place
Not sure what it is;
it isn’t flowers;
but purple it is.
13 April 2015
Manhattan, New York
In the shadow of execution
On April 3, 2015, Anthony Ray Hinton walked from a prison in Birmingham, a free man. Free after almost thirty years on death row. Thirty years spent in the shadow of execution – for a crime he did not commit.
The Death Penalty Information Center notes that Hinton is the 152nd person sentenced to death to be exonerated since 1973.
The New York Times cites two documented cases in which individuals who were almost certainly innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted were put to death.
The possibility of executing one innocent person should give us considerable pause. It provides a strong argument against capital punishment.
Speaking after Hinton’s release, “Bryan Stevenson, one of Mr. Hinton’s lawyers and the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, said Mr. Hinton’s right to justice had been limited as an impoverished black man.”
The racial and economic inequities in the application of justice in relation to provide additional arguments against capital punishment.
The exoneration of Anthony Ray Hinton and the others prove that the system does work, however long it may take the wheels to grind.
But when the sentence is death and serious inequities exist, the stakes are simply too high.
It is time to end the death penalty.
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Capital Punishment, Current Events, Death Penalty
Virtual 5K – the result
My virtual 5K, sponsored by Cutch’s Crew to support Pirates Charities took place in the Louisville Waterfront Park. I ran the first kilometer and the final .75 kilometers. In between, I alternated running and walking as songs changed on the iPod. The result came out like this:
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Baseball, Exercise, Louisville, Pittsburgh Pirates
Virtual 5K – the beginning
As part of my self-care regime (which is going OK, not great), I resolved to run my first 5K ever. I chose a virtual 5K, sponsored by Cutch’s Crew to support Pirates Charities.
My efforts did not move as quickly as I hoped, so I ended up walking and running on 4 April 2015 in Louisville. Here’s how things looked at the beginning:
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Baseball, Exercise, Louisville, Pittsburgh Pirates
Along the Graybeard Trail 