I'm moving this discussion here to talk about whether or not "the system" works. This discussion started in the Scott Peterson Adjusting to Prison Thread.
It is my contention that with 1100 people executed and 129 CLEANLY exonerated (link here: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/arti...scid=6&did=110) that the process of the death penalty is flawed. With the average time of exoneration being 9.5 years after the date of sentencing and the fact that Texas on average executes their death row members after 10.26 years (on average), I indicated that Texas had installed an "Express Lane."
While I am against the death penalty, and wish it's complete and total abolition, I know we do not have that at this time, so my contention is that we must be certain to be fair.
For every 8 people executed, one person has gone out the door COMPLETELY wrongfully convicted. (The link above does track all death penalty cases, but the 129 on the list are CLEARLY innocent. If it's close, they are not put on the list, and there exists a seperate list containing the "technicalities")
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