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Wrongful convictions are rare and offset by lives saved

"4. Wrongful convictions are rare and offset by lives saved
 

There have been over 14,000 executions in the U.S. Since 1992, The Innocence Project has reversed 18 death row convictions based upon DNA evidence.  Whether anyone has been falsely executed in recent years is arguable, but I'll grant the possibility. Now that forensic evidence is so well known, prosecutors are less likely to file false charges, and juries are extremely unlikely to convict without solid forensics.

If one takes the stand that all that counts are the number of wrongful deaths, the number prevented by execution is probably greater than those saved.

The death penalty is just and should be kept in the United States."

 

 

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