In Herrera v Collins the United States Supreme Court held that it is constitutional to execute a prisoner even though the prisoner may be innocent of the crime In reality, actual guilt or innocence matters less nowadays than whether or not the prisoner's trial was "procedurally fair." Sadly, it is a sick game that is played to assuage the public's conscience when the last breath is taken from the condemned. Systemics explores this reality that plays out all too often in Florida's court system. Set in a small town, it centers around Mark Abramson, a once convicted high school dropout, who...
In Herrera v Collins the United States Supreme Court held that it is constitutional to execute a prisoner even though the prisoner may be innocent of ...