re: Anyone familiar with case of Nathaniel woods? Set to be executed in murder where he didn’t

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Because there's a difference in a life sentence and the death penalty. If we're going to have the death penalty, it should be reserved for clear cut cases of heinous acts. I don't think from what I've read in this case there is enough justification to kill this convict, nor really enough evidence he was as involved in the killings as the state claims, but I wouldn't argue against a life sentence for his involvement.

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If you don't think that him planning the ambush and instructing him is worth of the death penalty, then I don't know what to tell you.

Because it sure as hell is.

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If we're going to have the death penalty, it should be reserved for clear cut cases of heinous acts. I

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Planning the murder, luring officers deeper into the home so that they can be massacred in cold blood, then bragging about afterward, in my opinion, is a clear cut case of a heinous act. (As was Charles Manson's role in those murders).

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I don't think from what I've read in this case there is enough justification to kill this convict, nor really enough evidence he was as involved in the killings as the state claims, but I wouldn't argue against a life sentence for his involvement.

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I respect your opinion, and I don't believe it to be unreasonable.

But I do not believe that at the beginning of this thread, the actual facts were being discussed. A misleading premise was offered, and people were just firing off responses without knowing the actual facts as testified in open court.

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But I do not believe that at the beginning of this thread, the actual facts were being discussed. A misleading premise was offered, and people were just firing off responses without knowing the actual facts

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And he posted an article from CNN to top it off.

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The guy was likely a crack head that did not want to get tied up in a crack house that he thought was about to be raided.

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You can imagine it to mean whatever you want. What's relevant is that the courts believed it was planned. And the actual witness testimony supports that it was planned.

But hey, you can believe that a unicorn with wings flew up to that crackhead and whispered Woods is innocent if you want. I'm just submitting actual testimony.

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Sounds to me like a lot of boasting and bravado not an actual planned murder. When they came into the apartment Woods actually surrendered before Spencer came out and opened fire. All this over a misdemeanor warrant.

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In every message board discussion, you can always spot the moment someone suddenly feels less convicted about his argument after seeing additional information, and yet decides to stick to his guns with some half-hearted rebuttal.

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"If you come in here, we'll frick you up" is a pretty good indicator of what they may have had planned for the police

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Key words. It doesn't prove it beyond reasonable doubt in my mind, and that uncertainty is enough to spare his life, IMO.

So you think there is some ambiguity to the statement “If you come in here we’ll frick you up”. Reasonable doubt huh?

I do. I think there is a good chance it is a couple of thugs talking shite to the police trying to showoff and act tough rather than it meaning f you come back we have a plan in place to ambush and murder you.

I am sure they sat down and planned out an ambush and murder over a misdemeanor warrant though.