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There is no way to tell how many of the over 1,000 people executed since 1976 may also have been innocent. Courts do not generally entertain claims of innocence when the defendant is dead. Defense attorneys move on to other cases where clients' lives can still be saved.
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www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?&did=2238
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Could an innocent person have been executed? There is no way to tell how many of the over 1,000 people executed since 1976 may have been innocent. Courts do not generally entertain claims of innocence once the defendant is dead.
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www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-and-death-penalty
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/innocence-and-death-penalty
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CrimeLynx News, Crimelynx Commentary ... Four of those executions occurred in Texas under Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican nominee for president. Bush has said he doesn't believe an innocent person has been executed in Texas during his administration.
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Innocent people are convicted and executed...
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www.afn.org/~afn32390/deathimages/innocent.htm
www.afn.org/~afn32390/deathimages/innocent.htm
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Stephen Markham and Paul Cassell, who were Justice Department lawyers during the Reagan administration, reviewed the actual transcripts for 13 of the 23 cases -- every one since 1950, the date after which they could get original court records -- and demonstrated that the alleged executed innocents were "guilty as sin."
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www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=10096
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Afederal judge in Boston said yesterday that there was mounting evidence innocent people were being executed. But he declined to rule the death penalty unconstitutional.
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www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/national/12DEAT.html
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Neither Bush nor Democrat Al Gore has endorsed it.) But DNA has been totally irrelevant in most cases where innocent people have been condemned to death. ... In the wake of Ryan's announcement, Bush has repeatedly stated that he is "absolutely certain" that no innocent person has been executed during his watch.
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www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/06/12/death/index.h...
www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/06/12/death/index.html
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In the following viewpoint, Lester S. Garrett contends that capital punishment is unjust because innocent people face conviction and possible execution. He presents a variety of cases in which an innocent person was convicted of a crime as a result of false or suppressed evidence. ... Innocent People Have Not Been Executed...
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www.enotes.com/problems-death-article/innocent-people-c...
www.enotes.com/problems-death-article/innocent-people-could-executed
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History Politics and Society question: Are there any documented cases of an innocent person executed in the United States? Yes, there have been 111 people exonerated (freed) while waiting, and a dozen ... How many innocent people have been executed? Innocent people executed in the US each year? Have any innocent persons...
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