I think that religion can be very dangerous when abused, and this case shows why. Here we have a man who was sentenced to life in prison in 1979 for a crime that DNA testing just revealed he didn’t commit.
His response? “I’m not angry. I knew that God would reveal me.”
Come on! YOU HAD 30 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE STOLEN. BE ANGRY!
It is not okay for a person to be detained for 30 years when he did absolutely nothing to warrant it. Casually brushing it off only makes it easier for those responsible to sweep this incident under the rug and keep quiet about it, and to keep letting it happen.
Granted, other people (even people like me who like to talk about things but not actually do anything about it) could take this and be more vocal about it. But when those vocal people have to start pointing at examples, and the example is blushing and saying, “no, really, it’s okay, I’m not mad about it,” it kind of takes something away from the argument.
So. That’s what I think.
