Justice Delayed, Denied, Subverted

Justice Delayed, Denied, Subverted

Lady Justice can be one fickle animal, at least when courts intervene.

The application of the ancient legal maxim dating back centuries that “Justice delayed is justice denied” becomes a legal minefield when activist jurists and ignorant juries delay, deny, and subvert fairness and equity in the interests of ideology or misperceived guilt.

Convicted murderer Duane Buck is an individual currently benefiting from delayed justice.

Found guilty and sentenced to death by lethal injection in Texas, Buck ultimately appealed his sentence to the Supreme Court of the United States which finally and tersely said it would consider his appeal hours before his scheduled execution.

Buck was supposedly praying in his Death Row cell when advised of the reprieve and said, “Praise the Lord! God is worthy to be praised. God’s mercy triumphs over judgment. I feel good,” as well he should, although he made no mention of whether his former girlfriend, another man, and his stepsister felt very good when he shot all three on July 30, 1995.

Buck’s appeal was based on his lawyers’ allegation that race had been a factor . . .

. . . I don’t know if Floridians Rodolfo Santana and Ana Mejia wanted a baby but they conceived and gave birth to one.

They had consulted Dr. Marie Morel and OB/GYN Specialists of the Palm Beaches and subsequently contended they weren’t told that Bryan Santana, now three, would be born with no arms and just one leg, horrible deformities Ana admitted they would have averted by aborting Bryan had they known in advance.

They wanted $9 million in recompense for inadequate information from Dr. Morel and OB/GYN Specialists. A West Palm Beach jury gave them half, $4.5 million, for giving birth to a severely disabled child . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=5490.)