Please provide your evidence that this person was "innocent."
We don't know that he was. The operative words throughout the article is that he "may be" innocent. I suppose we may find out.
The point is, other innocent people have found their way to death row and then been released. I don't think it is too far fetched to think that other innocent poeple have been put to death for a crime they did not commit.
The salient point is this: Should we risk punishing someone with no ability for society to correct its mistake in a system that everyone will agree is not perfect. I say we should leave our options open and that we should not have a death penatly in this country.
Don't confuse that with being in favor of the criminals that are deserving of a death sentence. My position is based entirely on protections of the innocent and wrongly convicted.