The other point to consider is the fact that apparently a dozen people on death row were exonerated and released looks to me like the system has substantial safeguards built into it and is working exactly as it should.Charles L. Cotton wrote:I agree that some very few innocent people are convicted, but it doesn't happen "all the time" as you contend. I'm still waiting to see the list of the dozen Texas death row inmates who were wrongfully convicted. When wrongful convictions do happen, it's usually because the prosecutor, COP, witness, or some combination thereof, lied, falsified evidence or testimony, or hid evidence proving the defendant was innocent. When this happens, I think everyone involved should suffer the maximum penalty the defendant faced, including execution. Execute a few prosecutors who hid evidence of innocence and convictions of innocent people will indeed be rare.
People can point to death row prisoners who were exonerated, but I have seen no proven cases where an innocent person was actually executed. That the first condition exists (exonerated convicts) does not prove that the second condition exists (wrongfully executed).