Tim Wise
Yana da
kusan shekaru arba'in tun bayan kisan da aka yi a Tennessee. A lokacin
A lokaci guda, jihara ta yi watsi da shiga jirgin kasan da mutane ke yi
wurare kamar Florida da Texas, inda aka gyara hukuncin kisa zuwa kusa
kimiyya, wanda aka yi amfani da shi tare da irin wannan ingantaccen abin da ya wuce tare da wuya sanarwa
duk lokacin da ko dai a sake kashewa.
kuma
duk da haka, a cikin 'yan watanni masu zuwa akwai yiwuwar Gwamna Don
Sundquist ne zai jagoranci zartar da hukuncin kisa kan wasu mutane biyu, duk da shaidar hakan
Haka kuma ba su da laifin laifukan da aka hukunta su. Ta Tennessee
na iya dawo da hukuncin kisa bayan irin wannan dakatarwar ya yi muni; cewa kira
domin jini ya ba da shaida na tabbataccen shakku a cikin shari'ar Robert Coe
kuma Philip Workman ya sa lamarin ya fi ban tausayi. Bugu da ari, shi
yana nuna kurakuran da ke cikin tsarin adalci wanda ya ɗaga ɗaukar fansa zuwa
matakin sacrament na kasa; aibi wanda, sai dai idan an gyara nan da nan da wancan
wannan tsarin, zai haifar da abin da jihar ke kira, a cikin Orwellian da ya dace
fashion, "Therapeutic Intravenous Intervention" ga maza biyu.
Wannan
Coe da Workman sun sami ƙasa da ingantacciyar jiyya a cikin manema labarai ya kamata
Ba abin mamaki ba ne: daya shine "mai kisan yara," ɗayan,
suna fuskantar kisa saboda kashe dan sanda. Idan ya zo ga wadanda abin ya shafa, Coe da
Ma'aikacin ya yi rashin sa'a da aka kama shi da kashe biyun da ya fi yawa
mai tausayi. An same shi da laifin yin garkuwa da mutane, fyade da kuma kashe shi har tsawon shekaru 8
tsohon Cary Ann Medlin a cikin 1979-ya sami kansa a cikin matsayi mara kyau na samun
ya kasance wakilci na yakin neman zaben gwamna na gudanar da ayyukan
hukuncin kisa. Shi ne, kamar yadda Gwamna ya faɗa, "ɗan fosta" don
hukuncin kisa. Da kotun kolin jihar ba ta yanke hukunci ba kamar yadda ta yi a yau-haka
dukkan mutanen biyu suna da kwanaki 25 don shigar da kararrakin sake sauraren karar zuwa Kotun Kolin Amurka
wanda kwanan nan ya yi watsi da kararrakin nasu-Coe da wataƙila ya mutu ranar 19 ga Oktoba,
da Workman jim kadan bayan.
kuma
duk da haka, duk da kafofin watsa labarai hoopla kewaye da jiran kisa, kadan yana da
An faɗi game da shaida game da laifi ko rashin laifi a kowane hali, haka kuma
manyan alamomin rashin da'a na 'yan sanda, rufa-rufa, da rashin iya aiki
wakilcin doka a shari'a ga maza biyu.
As
ga Coe, bayan bacewar Cary Ann Medlin da gano ta
Jiki, duk shaidu uku na jihar da farko sun gano wani mutum daban:
Donald Gant. An kama Gant, kuma akwai shaidu na zahiri
yana nuna laifinsa. Wani sabo ne a wuyansa, jini a kan tufafinsa
da kayan kwanciya, motar da ta dace da bayanin da shaidu suka bayar, da kuma tayoyin taya
daidai da alamun da aka bari a cikin laka kusa da inda aka gano gawar Medlin. A ciki
Bugu da kari, ba shi da alibi ga inda yake a lokacin da aka yi garkuwa da shi da
ya canza labarinsa akai-akai. Coe, a gefe guda, yana da shaidun alibi (ba
wanda lauyansa mai shari'a ya kira) wanda zai iya sanya shi a wani gari daban a cikin
lokacin da aka aikata laifin, kuma bai fuskanci wata kwakkwarar hujja ta zahiri ta shigarsa ba.
So
ta yaya za a yanke wa Robert Coe hukunci kuma a yanke masa hukuncin kisa? Sauƙi: na farko, bayan kasancewa
kawo da kuma ciyar da manyan tambayoyi ta masu bincike, Coe–a diagnosed paranoid
schizophrenic wanda galibi ba za su amince da shi ya gaya musu lokacin rana ba - daidai
ga duk abin da 'yan sanda suka gaya masa ya faru. Sa'an nan, bayan cire wannan
ikirari, amma ya fuskanci hujjoji na zahiri da ke nuna Gant, laifin jihar
Lab ya yi nasarar "rasa" kayan da aka aika musu don gwaji.
At
fitina, maimakon jayayya cewa ikirari na wani kamar yadda ya damu kamar Coe
sai a sha da gishirin karin magana, mai kare jama’a
ya yi jayayya kawai cewa rashin lafiyar abokin cinikinsa ta rage masa laifin. Irin wannan
tsaro kasancewar ba a fi samun farin jini ba shekaru ashirin da suka wuce fiye da yau, juri bai yi ba
a dauki tsawon lokaci don ƙin yarda da shi. Ba su taɓa sanin Gant ko bacewar ba
shaida. Ba su taɓa jin shaidun Coe ba. Sun sani kawai ya furta.
kuma a cikin kwanakin da suka biyo bayan kisan ya kasance "aikin ban mamaki," ta
rini gashi, siyar da motarsa, da ƙoƙarin barin garin a cikin motar bas. M
hakika, amma ba na ban mamaki ba ga wanda ke da ban tsoro, schizophrenic, da
yana jin muryoyin a kai a kai suna gaya masa ya yi kowane irin abubuwa, wanda, barin
garin ne mai yiwuwa ya fi kyau.
Ma
Nasa bangaren, Workman an aika da shi zuwa ga hukuncin kisa saboda kisan 1981 na 'yan sandan Memphis
Laftanar Ronald Oliver, wanda aka harbe shi yana maida martani ga fashin da Workman ya yi na wani
Gidan cin abinci na Wendy. Tun daga farko, Philip Workman ya yarda cewa ya kori biyu
harsashi daga bindigar hannunsa. Cike da sha'awar maye da bugun kai da ya yi masa
daga fitilar Oliver, Workman bai taba sanin tabbas ko daya daga cikin harbin nasa ya samu ba
ya kasance mai mutuwa. Domin wani lokaci ya bayyana yana tunanin hakan zai yiwu.
har ma mai yiwuwa.
kuma
duk da haka, akwai shaida amma lauyan gwaji na Workman bai yi amfani da shi ba, yanzu an jefa
shakku mai yawa akan alhakinsa na kisan kai na farko. Oliver ta
raunukan ba su yi daidai da harsashin da ke cikin bindigar Workman ba: .45 caliber
harsashi mai zurfi, wanda aka tsara don naman kaza akan tasiri, sauran cikin jiki da
yin mummunar lalacewa ga gabobin ciki. Idan sun fita kwata-kwata, sai su bar fita
rauni ya fi girma fiye da raunin shiga.
amma
wannan ba haka lamarin yake ga Oliver ba. Rauni na fita ya fi na
raunin shiga: bai dace da ammo na Workman ba, amma ya dace da shi
harsashin da jami'an 'yan uwansu suka yi amfani da su, wadanda za su iya afkawa Oliver a lokacin me
ya bayyana a matsayin kashe gobara. Kamar dai gane wannan yiwuwar, ɗayan
jami'an sun yi karya a gaban shari'a kuma sun yi iƙirarin cewa ba su taɓa harba makamansu ba: shaida
wanda hatta kotunan daukaka kara sun amince da cewa karya ne, an ba da shaidar gani da ido
shaida, farkon rahotannin 'yan sanda game da lamarin, da kuma gaskiyar cewa Workman ya kasance
jinyar raunin harbin bindiga a daren da aka kama shi.
On
daukaka kara, Kotun Kotu ta 6 ta amince cewa harsashin da ya mutu ba zai iya zuwa ba
daga bindigar Workman idan ta fita daga gawar a dunkule, saboda raunin da ya samu.
Duk da haka, sai suka yi iƙirarin-ba tare da wata hujja ta zahiri ba, da autopsy
rahotannin da ke cin karo da su- cewa harsashin dole ya wargaje, aika a
ƙaramin yanki ta jiki da barin ƙaramin rauni na fita. Yaushe
ya fuskanci wata takardar shaida daga shugaban ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta duniya
Ƙungiya, suna nuna cewa ƙananan harsasai masu ƙarancin gudu ba safai ba
guntu-kuma idan sun yi, ɓangarorin suna motsawa a hankali don fita daga jiki-da
kotu kawai ta sake bayyana ra'ayinta na baya. Amma abin da suka yi tun farko
cewa Workman ya zama alhakin harbin da ya mutu, harsashi dole ne ya kasance
rarrabuwa? Babu matsala: kawai sun ketare wannan sashin daga baya
ra'ayi.
Yana da
Hakanan mai yiwuwa ma tauraruwar shaidan jihar bai kasance a wurin ba a daren
taron. Washe gari bayan harbin, Harold Davis, wani Ba’amurke Ba’amurke.
ya kira ‘yan sanda ya ce ya ga Workman yana harbin Oliver a kewayo. Duk da haka,
duk da cewa motarsa tana cikin gidan Wendy a lokacin, kuma yana nan
can a lokacin da "gungun" jami'ai suka fara isowa, babu wanda ya tuna
ganin Davis. Haka kuma motarsa ba ta bayyana a kan jadawali na 'yan sanda na
wurin aikata laifuka. Da kuma wani mai kallo a lokacin, wanda motarsa zata samu
an yi fakin kai tsaye a gaban Davis' kuma wanda zai sami dama mai yawa
don ganin motar, ya yi iƙirarin cewa bai taɓa ganinta ba, kuma babu wanda ya yi daidai da Davis'
bayanin.
The
Masu gabatar da kara sun yi jayayya, kuma kotunan daukaka kara sun yarda, cewa Davis yana can, kuma
rashin ganinsa da wasu suka yi ya faru ne kawai sakamakon wani hargitsi da ya faru.
inda kowa ke "kokarin taimakawa" jami'in da aka rushe. Duk da haka wannan alama
wanda ba zai yiwu ba: musamman idan mutum ya yi la'akari da cewa safiya na harbi.
An gaya wa jami'an Memphis cewa su sa ido don neman wani baƙar fata da ya kasance
fashi yankin Wendy's a lokacin rufewa. Idan Davis ya kasance a cikin kuri'a, menene
da alama 'yan sanda sun yi watsi da shi ko kuma sun kasa ganinsa, suna zabar
maimakon a mayar da hankali ga farar mutum-Workman-fitowa gidan cin abinci kamar yadda suke
ya iso? Ko kallon kallon da aka saba yi na yin bayanin martabar 'yan sanda zai yi
gardama da irin wannan sa ido maras hankali.
kuma
don haka yana tafiya: jihar Tennessee, bayan da aka dakatar da aiwatar da hukuncin kisa na kusan
shekaru arba'in, yanzu ana shirin aiwatar da hukunci na ƙarshe ga maza biyu
wanda ake zargin laifinsa. Ko da yake ba Robert Coe ko Philip Workman ba
suna da roko na siyasa a hannun hagu na Mumia Abu-Jamal, kuma ba za su iya ba
yadda ya kamata, kamar yadda tare da Mumia, cewa sun kasance wadanda ke fama da tsarin wariyar launin fata
tunda duk mutanen biyu farare ne, abin ya rage, kamar yadda Mumia ke faruwa, duka biyun
shigar da kwararan shaidu na rashin da'a na 'yan sanda, shaidar zur, da a
tsarin shari'a wanda ba kasafai ya yarda da kuskure ba, ko da yake yana tafiya mai tsayi
wadanda suka mutu. Kamar yadda Mumia ke yi, dole ne mu ɗaga muryarmu akan batun
kisa na wadannan mutane, da sauran su, da sunan "doka da
oda." Dole ne mu fallasa karyar jami'an tsaro a cikin wannan kuma
wasu lokuta, kuma dole ne mu aika da sakon cewa sha'awar wasu
"baya" ba ingantaccen tushe ba ne don aiwatar da jama'a
manufofin.
A halin yanzu,
jirgin ya ci gaba da tafiya.