[for-q-clinton]

That’s what hit me odd about this story. I can’t recall ever when someone in Oregon was being executed. Not sure how this will keep Texas from doing what it’s doing.

This is almost like saying NY still not allowing the death penalty.

Having said that, I do think we need to be sure someone is guilty. Kind of like those 2 guys in Connecticut that raped and killed that family. Those are obviously guilty people. But in other cases where it’s one eye witness with bad eyesight and all circumstantial evidence...I’d rather not use the death penalty without being absolutely sure. There are no do overs when you take someone’s life (on both sides of the fence).

[ontap]

Most of the cases are reviewed extensively....more than ten years on average. Of the cases that are pointed to as examples of the wrong man being executed the so called evidence for the most part is witnesses that some how appear on the scene years later with an account that doesn't disprove put merely cast a doubt. After decades of trying their best the opponents of capital punishment have produced zero cases. Innocent people are dying...that is for sure..at the hands of criminals. Some of whom have been tried, convicted and released from prison!!

[mrsmith]

“I’d rather not use the death penalty without being absolutely sure.”
Well, there are no ‘absolutes’ when it comes to man’s judgement...
However your point is true- there is no confidence that Oregon has a fair justice system.

The banning of executions is an acknowledgement of a state’s barbarity (and a political ploy to appeal to the miseducated mob).