Re: Capital Punishment For Murderers
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4. Is there more than a micro chance that the defendent is innocent?
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If you're reluctant to execute somebody because you think they might be innocent, shouldn't you be equally reluctant to send them to prison for life?
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No, because someone sent to prison for life can be freed if evidence is found to prove his or her innocence. If you kill a man he is dead forever.
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If you sentence a person to death in America, it will be years, perhaps decades, before that person is actually executed -- plenty of time to overturn a wrongful conviction. If they can't clear their name before they are killed, then I think it's very unlikely that they would have been able to clear their name before they died of natural causes. So I don't think the distinction you are making holds water.
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