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The Good
Sunday I went over to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nimstar and mikey_altered's house for West Memphis Three day. Lovely snacks were provided and there was far too much wine but still I managed to watch one and a half of the documentaries and there were very rousing discussions about the miscarriage of justice that seemed to have occured. For me one of the most interesting things was the confession of the "tard" upon which both cases seemed to have been based. Having worked in that field for ten years I really felt for him, and was horrified, yet again, by the US legal system's treatment of the disabled. Though CJ (whose LJ name I've forgotten) did say that in the past couple years the supreme court has FINALLY ruled that it is ilegal to execute a tard! Still the poor guy in the WM3 still faces life in jail as a result of his blatently false and incoherant testimony. Quite tragic really. Though as much faith as I have in the US court system I'm sure there are hundreds of similar cases. But if you've not heard of the West Memphis Three go and check out the website if you have time. It's quite interesting, though also quite frustrating as there seems to be so little that can actually be done about it.
http://www.wm3.org/
The Bad
Work underpaid me £200 pounds this month. I am currently trying to make sure this does not happen again next month, apparently they are having "budget issues".
Sunday I went over to
nimstar and mikey_altered's house for West Memphis Three day. Lovely snacks were provided and there was far too much wine but still I managed to watch one and a half of the documentaries and there were very rousing discussions about the miscarriage of justice that seemed to have occured. For me one of the most interesting things was the confession of the "tard" upon which both cases seemed to have been based. Having worked in that field for ten years I really felt for him, and was horrified, yet again, by the US legal system's treatment of the disabled. Though CJ (whose LJ name I've forgotten) did say that in the past couple years the supreme court has FINALLY ruled that it is ilegal to execute a tard! Still the poor guy in the WM3 still faces life in jail as a result of his blatently false and incoherant testimony. Quite tragic really. Though as much faith as I have in the US court system I'm sure there are hundreds of similar cases. But if you've not heard of the West Memphis Three go and check out the website if you have time. It's quite interesting, though also quite frustrating as there seems to be so little that can actually be done about it.http://www.wm3.org/
The Bad
Work underpaid me £200 pounds this month. I am currently trying to make sure this does not happen again next month, apparently they are having "budget issues".