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Originally Posted by neonwraith The only reason I'm against the Death Penalty is ebcause I know how often the courts get it wrong. I'd be up for the execution of people by the state for a whole host of crimes if it was't for the fact that you would wrongly condem loads of people to death. |
How many innocent people have been put to death? The endless appeals process weeds that out. So far, there has been no documented case of an innocent person being put to death.
But in any event, I do understand and agree that the balance should be tilted heavily towards no innocents ever being executed. But there's no reason to scrap the DP entirely to avoid that. It's pretty straightforward, nowadays, to set clear restrictions on capital cases, such as: conclusive DNA, etc.