I Picked a Fight Last Sunday

Don't know why I did it.  I know what sparked it, but why did I let the spark catch?  Must have been frustration with the media over the Tuscon shooting or maybe the lack of realistic coverage of the real issues facing the US.
Here is what happened:
Was reading an article in the Denver Post about the death of man who was convicted of murder in 1961.  This fellow murdered a member of the Coors family and served only 19 years before being released in 1980.  I remember the controversy about his release, but apparently the decision was reasonably sound since the convicted murderer lived in in relative anonymity in SW Denver from 1980 until his death in 2010.  In the article I learned that this man had previously been convicted of murder in California in the 1950's and simply walked away from his prison and moved to Colorado.
Wow, two murder convictions and you serve only 19 years or so.. The fight started over a sentence the DP writer wrote.  It began, If his murder conviction was valid....
If I thought. IF! He was convicted and by definition it was valid.  It could have been unjust, but it was valid.    I'm not happy about what I wrote, but, here it is:

You write:
If his conviction was valid, Corbett took any firsthand knowledge of Coors' abduction and death to his grave.

What a stupid statement.  He was was found guilty.  That makes his conviction valid.  He was never pardoned nor was the conviction overturned. That some have speculated over the years about his innocence and that a few have written good articles about it, does not change that he was found guilty and convicted.  Personally, I am still bothered that he was ever released from prison.  You want to go soft headed about this, think about what Mr. Coors might have accomplished if he had lived.

Best,
D&B


Stupid?

OK, then, innocent people are never found guilty. Got it. No one has ever been exonerated after conviction. Sure.

Tell that to Tim Masters, or any of the nearly 300 other people who have been freed by DNA in teh last 10 years.

Have a good day.
DP Writer

Yawn.  That is not an argument. 
Best,
D&B


No, it's not.


DP Writer

Ok, I didn't do that good of a job explaining why it was a stupid statement and why reciting facts about overturned convictions has nothing to do with the point I made.  Oh, well.  I will do better next time, but how many times have you seen the media introduce doubt or equivocation or on one hand and on the other hand into a discussion where there isn't any doubt.  From now on out, I call them on it.  How about you?