Jessie James Cummings
*** Note that his name is sometimes spelled Jesse in articles and documents, as would generally be the case with a male name. However, most things show the spelling as Jessie. I have chosen this spelling based on the fact that it is the spelling listed in the appeals. I am really not sure where to begin here. Going into this case I was not expecting to be so conflicted. On my list of cases it simply said “Jesse Cummings- sister and niece.” The first page I came to in my research was titled “Child Killer Executed; bigamist denies niece's murder.” Of course it was not surprising to see that an accused killer had insisted they were innocent, the surprising twist was the word bigamist. I could see then that this was going to be a bit more than the run of the mill case. But, I had no idea what I was in for. I have often expressed that I am not a fanatic, for, or against, the death penalty and think that it should only be reserved for those in which there is ab...