2006-11-09 02:19:28 · 4 answers · asked by shad j 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, it would not be.
But back atcha:
Is our justice system executing the innocent? Give three facts.
2006-11-09 02:21:32 · answer #1 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is NOT. Only ONE fact is evident: Corrupt police, prosecutors, and judiciary have created a situation whereby one out of ten death row inmates are being found innocent and realeased after follow up DNA testing. This is such a national embarrassment the President even commented on it in his 2005 State of the Union address.
If 10% of the death row inmates are being found innocent with all their appealate protections, how many inmates convicted of lesser felonies are really innocent? About 35% is an educated guess.
REAL bad odds in what we are told is a free country.
2006-11-09 03:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by Gunny T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not reliable
We should not be executing anybody until this country is 100% sure no innocents are executed. As that will not happen into the far distant future we should not be executing anybody.
Imagine the horror of being accused of a capitol offense and being innocent of the charge.
It does happen.
2006-11-09 02:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by redondo69 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. No system is perfect.
2. The ratio of innocents being executed is very small.
3. With new breakthroughs in forensic science that number will become even smaller.
2006-11-09 02:21:43 · answer #4 · answered by Emm 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋