Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Too little too late or just what he needed?

Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis of Florida recently apologized to two African American men who were wrongly convicted of murder.

Freddie Pitts and Wilbert Lee spent 12 years in jail for a murder they did not commit. Davis was one of those who were influential in seeing that in 1990, these two men did not get any compensation amounting at that time to $250,000. According to a Miami Herald Column, Davis faced an uphill battle in his campaign.

"Throughout, Davis maintained he cast his vote in 1990 because there wasn't enough ''evidence'' to justify giving each man $250,000. Another man had confessed to the 1963 murders at the Mo-Jo gas station in Port St. Joe, and the two men were then pardoned by Gov. Reubin Askew."

He blames his decision on his experience as a "Young Lawyer;" looking at the the case "technically."

Where are all the news outlets condemning him? If a republican candidate had done this, it would be shouted from the highest mountain. Sorry, no mountains in Florida.

Do we remember just weeks ago, Republican Senator George Allen from Virginia made an alleged racial comment that really paled in comparison to what Hillary or Joe Biden said. Geez, why are the Democrats so protected by the media?

Check out a video here

Smoke and mirrors

No comments: