Billy,
You got two posts in there before I could even read either of them.
Okay, lets start with this phrase, "Gun owners and CC people know the meaning of deadly force how and when to use it. And they obey the laws."
I am sure that there are plenty of gun owners that use guns illegally, even if they were bought legally. I'm sure that plenty of murders have been convicted by people that legally purchased guns and just went off the deep end and killed somebody during the 200+ years that this country has been in existence. So, not all gun owners obey the laws.
As far as my reference to Florida being any easy state to obtain a CCW permit it, it is. Try comparing Florida to Maryland. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with that in Florida, and would in fact hope that Maryland becomes a little more lax in that department. I wouldn't mind a CCW permit myself, but they are pretty hard to come by around here.
My philosophy is that all law abiding citizens should carry. That way, everybody needs to think twice about doing stupid things like shooting up a mall or school full of people. So, you are preaching to the choir on the CCW issue.
Last but not least, and probably most importantly, I am not saying that Val was wrong in what she did. I just didn't think the Castle Doctrine applied in this matter. If you go back and read my post, I think I mentioned that Florida had expanded the law to allow a person to stand his/her ground when confronted. Generally, the Castle Doctrine has a castle in it (i.e., house, car). In Maryland, it is merely the house. Maybe in Florida it is just a person's body. I don't have the time tonight, or I would look up the actual Florida law and see if it is called the Castle Doctrine.
Jack,
You are correct that it is The Innocence Project that is working on these death row cases. I did a quick google search and found this article from 2000 about Illinois, and it states that 13 death row inmates were found not guilty:
http://www.speakout.com/activism/iss...s/1231b-1.html
I have no idea where the number I came up with came from, but I do believe I remember seeing it somewhere. Maybe my memory just isn't what it used to be.
Even if the number is 100 or 200, that is still a staggering number. I wouldn't want to be one of the 100 or 200. Heck, I cannot even imagine spending a single day of my life in jail, because that is a day that I will never get back.