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You are correct. And that something else is a corrupt justice system wherein jurors are manipulated and evidence is withheld. I'm sorry, Rebellion, but this man was clearly innocent. Even the detectives acknowledge it. That never happens unless a serious miscarriage of justice happens. Why would the very detective on the case come out after the man is dead and proclaim his innocence unless based on the evidence they collected, he was. Also, I think you are jumping to conclusions by assuming that the NY times reporter went into the investigation with a biased point of view.
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Well I know one thing, I'm definitely not jumping to conclusion about the NY Times reporter point of view. Reporters are supposed to present facts, ALL of the facts. He clearly left out anything that would point to his guilt. He left out most of the evidence presented to the jury other than jaihouse witnesses (which he qualifies). I don't see how there could be any conclusion other than he had a preset opinion. And the whole story isn't here. Which detective felt he was guilty and what does he have to say? DA's don't just investigate and prosecute on their own. Detectives investigate and present evidence and the DA issues charges based on that evidence. Clearly someone in the PD felt he was guilty, where is his testimony in this article?
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And yet, this was the testimony that convicted him. Simply because he was present at the crime scene does not make him guilty or else Rhodes would have also been executed. The fact is there was no evidence at all that Tefero used a weapon of any kind or convinced anyone to kill anyone. The only evidence was that he was at the scene of the crime. That is not enough evidence in a country where you are presumed innocent until proved guilty. The reason this happened is because the police in cases like this are pressured greatly to get convictions for crimes like this. So they offered one man a deal to rat out another man under the threat of eventual death (the chair.) Not many people can withstand the temptation to save themselves by ratting somone else out. This is why he later confessed, then recanted, then confessed and so on.....
This is not the sort of evidence that should condemn a man to die.
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But you're still missing my point, Tefero didn't have to pull the trigger to be found guilty. The best case you can make is that Rhodes also should have been sentenced to death. Criminals are rightfully sentenced to death all of the time when people are killed in the commission of a felony. I gave you an example of if you and I robbed a bank. It differs by state, but in most states that would be a first degree murder conviction. I did a google search for crimes committed in the commission of a felony and there are hundreds of them. Here's one. "As a result, Collins was charged with felony murder, which is when someone dies in the commission of another felony, such as manufacturing methamphetamine, said Clark."
http://www.thestate.com/mld/macon/20...ws/9398178.htm