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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
It's even scarier when you consider if there are 34 people we know of that have been wrongfully convicted, how many other innoncent people may have died in prison or even been executed.
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This, in my view, is the strongest argument against the death penalty. No justice system will ever have perfect results 100% of the time. If one is to support capital punishment, one has to live with the fact that occassionally mistakes will be made and innocent people will be executed. What percentage of executions would be considered an "acceptable" level of collateral damage? One percent? Half a percent? For me, killing even one innocent person is too many, which is one reason why I'm strongly opposed to the death penalty.
As for the OP, I find it shocking to think that this man spent almost my entire lifetime (I'm 28) behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. He'll never have those years back, and no amount of compensation could possibly be enough.
