At yesterday’s Town Hall for the democratic candidates, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and subsequently spent 39 years in prison, narrowly escaping execution, asked Secretary Clinton about her stance on the death penalty. She gave a long, rambling equivocal answer to which the questioner, Ricky Jackson, responded that he was “satisfied”.

Supporters of Clinton watching this exchange naturally understood his satisfaction with the answer to mean that he agreed with her. It was very painful watching him asking his question, and he had equal difficulty expressing it, having to compose himself in the middle of it. When Clinton was finished he had a look on his face that didn’t appear at all as if he agreed with her, on the contrary it appeared he wanted to get out of there, and the glare of millions on national TV, as fast as possible.

Today he has penned a moving, heartfelt editorial explaining why he believes Sec. Clinton is wrong in her stance on capital punishment. As someone who has been so badly served by his fellow humans, he is demonstrating incredible humanity by giving her a “second chance” to reconsider.

(I have edited some of the piece, for clarity he and two friends were all convicted)