"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."