Guilty Until Proven....

First and foremost, please join me in a moment of silence for Brother Troy Davis. On last evening Mr. Davis was given a lethal injection, thus his life was brought to an end. Whether you believe he was Guilty or not, he is still a human-being whose life was taken by the laws of this land. I am not here to talk about his Guilt or Innocence, but there is a bigger issue---The Death Penalty. How barbaric are we? As a people in these States United in America we are stuck in the Old Testament. An Eye For An Eye was the law of the land way before we had a functional form of government with laws that should allow a person to be Innocent Until Proven Guilty. 

These days it seems like everyone is Guilty Until Proven otherwise, or just plain Guilty because someone (s) said so. We are one of the only countries in the world who deem it appropriate to take another person's life in the name of justice and/or peace. I am not advocating against a country that has fair laws and equal justice for all, but that is not our country. People day-after-day are sentenced to jail and ultimately death for crimes they didn't commit. Yet, because we have this standard of allowing human beings to be the judge, jury and those who can end life, we aren't any more progressive than aborigines who live among the trees and nature. I am not here to say if Troy Davis was Guilty or Innocent, but I do believe we have an obligation to make sure whoever is sentenced to jail or death is 100% Guilty or close to it. Unfortunately, in the case of Troy Davis, only he and GOD knows if he was Guilty or Innocent. It's just sad that we couldn't wait a day, a week or a few months just be sure, he got what he deserved for the crime he allegedly committed. Somethings just aren't right, no matter how you slice it.