“For anyone who believes the death penalty is being carried out appropriately in this country, and anyone who believes that prosecutors and government witnesses can always be relied on to pursue the truth, this case is a wake-up call,” said Peter Neufeld, Co-Director of the Innocence Project. “Three separate times, an innocent man was sentenced to die because of the actions of an unethical prosecutor and a fraudulent analyst.”
I do not believe in the death penalty. I've always said that it would cost less to keep them in prison for life with no chance of parole. The Innocence Project gives us another valid reason to eliminate the death penalty. I've seen how the justice system works (up close and personal) and these folks are only scratching the surface of what's wrong with it. Nothing is perfect, especially a system run by human beings.
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The folks at the Innocence Project believe that no one is ever guilty of anything. Period.
The cost of lifetime incarceration versus execution should not enter the equation.
Our justice system is imperfect. It renders bad decisions too often, both accidentally and deliberately.
Eliminate the appeals process.
Execute 1 hour after sentencing with a bullet to the head.
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