Brian Keith Teller. That name probably doesn’t ring any bells. That’s because he is one out of the hundreds of innocent people that have been killed through capital punishment. And my son. Today, I Barbara Teller will inform you all on how the death penalty is just a desperate attempt in search of “justice” blinded by emotions, to prevent other families to go through what I did. You would have thought that throughout the years we would have evolved from this form of punishment that is revenge caked by law, unfortunately not.
My son was put to death for the 1992 murder of 70-year-old John Watson of Covington. But no hard evidence had proven he was at the scene of the crime. In fact, shoe prints taken from the dirt around Watson’s body were made by feet smaller than my son’s, 13 latent prints collected and tested by authorities didn’t match his fingerprints, furthermore a testimony made by a neighbour was later found out to be incorrect and inaccurate. So on the 9th of December at 12:52 pm, my son took his last breath. And, as the woman who brought him into this world, I was completely and utterly heart-broken as the realisation dawned on me that his short life has ended. …show more content…
A study has shown that every 1 in 25 people sentenced to death in the US is innocent. You may not think it’s a lot, but the families those, such as myself, beg to differ. The worst part, the death penalty is irreversible. Conclusive judgments can lead to people paying for crimes they did not commit. And why is that? So “justice” is served? The unfortunate reality is; the death of the offender will not make the pain of losing a loved one disappear. It will always be there lingering, and I know this as much as the victim’s family, so you must learn to accept this instead of recklessly pointing fingers at the innocent out of pure
My son was put to death for the 1992 murder of 70-year-old John Watson of Covington. But no hard evidence had proven he was at the scene of the crime. In fact, shoe prints taken from the dirt around Watson’s body were made by feet smaller than my son’s, 13 latent prints collected and tested by authorities didn’t match his fingerprints, furthermore a testimony made by a neighbour was later found out to be incorrect and inaccurate. So on the 9th of December at 12:52 pm, my son took his last breath. And, as the woman who brought him into this world, I was completely and utterly heart-broken as the realisation dawned on me that his short life has ended. …show more content…
A study has shown that every 1 in 25 people sentenced to death in the US is innocent. You may not think it’s a lot, but the families those, such as myself, beg to differ. The worst part, the death penalty is irreversible. Conclusive judgments can lead to people paying for crimes they did not commit. And why is that? So “justice” is served? The unfortunate reality is; the death of the offender will not make the pain of losing a loved one disappear. It will always be there lingering, and I know this as much as the victim’s family, so you must learn to accept this instead of recklessly pointing fingers at the innocent out of pure