Shall all of America suffer for the ills of a VERY few corrupt cases? Shall no one ever get the justice they deserve by seeing a criminal put ot death justly?
I agree that in death penalty cases there HAS to be conclusive proof before the sentence is handed down- however, it should not be doen away with because only a select few cases have either been corrupted, or later overturned due to new evidence. We need to be much more careful when handing otu death penalties, however, justice STILL needs be given to the victims.
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I agree that the death penalty remains necessary; I think it should be reserved for the cases where guilt is absolutely ironclad and conclusive and the murderer is clearly of depraved mind and a risk to all around him.
If you don't retain the death penalty, you remove the incentive for the criminal to refrain from (1) eliminating witnesses and (2) killing fellow prisoners and guards.