It
is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent
suffer",
William
Blackstone.
As
a nation it is time to consider how many innocent have people been
put to death in our name and reconsider a ban on the death penalty.
From,
The Guardian's web site
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/27/innocent-us-prisoners-exonerated-in-2014-highest-levels
More
US prisoners were exonerated of crimes that they did not commit in
2014 than in any year since records began in 1989, indicating new
resolve on the part of prosecutors and law enforcement to tackle the
scourge of wrongful convictions across America.
But
[it
was]
pointed out that the vast majority of jurisdictions, including Los
Angeles and most smaller towns and cities, still lag behind,
rendering the chances of an innocent prisoner finding relief in most
of America much more tenuous.
Posted
by Paul Hunter
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