A Texas Judge, Sharon Keller, refused to keep her court room open to hear a last minute appeal from an inmate scheduled to be executed that day. The inmate was executed.
Casting all guilt aside, the inmate should have been allowed to at least had their appeal heard. Society has a severe lack of compassion for their fellow man/woman. The poor should continue to be poor, because….they are poor? The homeless and destitute should continue to live their lives without opportunity, because… they are homeless and destitute? The criminals and less savory members of society should not have the opportunities that “others” in society have? The “ME” in society has become a cancer on our morals and compassion. Justice was not served here because, someone had to go shopping or go to a stylist. The “society gap” , as I will call it, is growing exponentially with the income gap. If you don’t know someone with pull or you don’t own the summer vacation house, you are not on the same level with some people. Simply because you are not one of them. This inmate could have been unequivocably guilty. That is not the issue. The issue is: Was justice served?
Many individuals go through their daily lives without even thinking of anyone but themselves. This nation was NOT built on individuals and their agendas. This nation was built on a common idea. A common goal. A common struggle.