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Originally Posted by Ark2
People on death row can appeal as well. As for being around for new exonerating evidence, if you die in prison while serving a life sentence, again, how would that be any different?
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Its a time frame thing.
Take David Milgard for example. He served 21 years in prison, DNA eventually exonerated him. He would likely have been excuted if we had the death penalty.
Now its very likely we have innocent people die in prison but it is the best our system can do. Having the death penalty makes it worse. It executes innocent people before they can be exonerated.
By keeping innocent people alive in prison it gives them the opportunity to prove their innocense if new evididence comes up. Killing them does not.