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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Completely disagree with this notion. Nothing about sentencing after a conviction should be based on the concept of "well, he could be innocent" that should really have no bearing and should never happen. If that's the case, they should never have been found guilty in the first place.
Of course it does happen, unfortunately, but that's a problem with the actual conviction and not the sentencing.
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Are you pro death penalty then? The entire concept of not using the death penalty is what if the person was innocent. So by the same logic if I am not comfortable that at some point in time an innocent person will endure this sentence then it is not a valid punishment. One thing we know for certain in a system that relies on reasonable doubt and the financial ability of a defendant to pay a lawyer is that innocent people will be convicted.