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Originally posted by Pikachu_PM:
4. It really is very rare now for an innocent person to be put to death. It's not nearly as prevolent as the dramas on TV would make you believe.
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Bzzzt. Wrong. Still happens with too much frequency. Gov. Ryan, a previous supporter of the D.P., reviewed all clemency cases in IL, and found so many with flaws that he commuted them all.
Do you realize how many people get sentenced to death on a confession they try to recant? Or on the testimony of ONE witness -- a police officer? The system ain't as procedurally fair as Law & Order will have you believe, man. Every day my wife watches people get sent to jail on the testimony of one officer, against whom the alleged criminal says "he planted it on me."
And, occassionally, a CPD officer she knows will get the suspension for doing just that.
Since this injustice happens, we cannot assume anything about it is fair. And, with finality of life on the line, it's a trusting leap that is not only wrong -- but also of direst consequences.
So, for you, and for Attalus, I point out that this unfortunate few innocent people who get killed just may be an acceptable error in your view -- but let's just hope the eyes of big-brother government, corrupt cops, society's jump-on-the-bandwagon suspicions, and faulty "justice" never turn their eyes to YOU.