The state of New Mexico has an obligation to protect the lives and liberty of its citizens through a criminal justice system that yields fair and accurate verdicts.
Mr. Nigh added, "If those statements are accurate, the verdict has no integrity and we cannot possibly proceed with an execution until we know".
Rhoda H. Karpatkin, the Consumers Union president, said, "While we regret that the jurors did not find every one of the 17 published statements under consideration to be fully accurate, their verdict generally acknowledges the honesty of our testing and reporting staff and our belief in our procedures".
On the opposite side of the court, the defense attorneys have no obligation to try to reach an accurate, just verdict.
This verdict seemed accurate — but then, it also seemed accurate last August, which is when it was rendered.
The official verdict, probably accurate, was suicide.
Replied Mr Tourre: "It just wasn't accurate at the time".Ultimately, the verdict will hinge on whether the jury believes the clients were victims of clever misrepresentation, or their own inability to make basic inferences.
If the innocent verdict in this case is an accurate administration of our laws, then I say, shame on us, for a legal system that justifies it.
Think of me as your own private, personal Edwin Frank, urging you to abandon whatever reluctance you may harbor, insisting that history's verdicts are not always just or accurate.
