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Since 1973, over 130 people have been released from death rows throughout the country due to evidence of their wrongful convictions. ... Until I can be sure that everyone sentenced to death in Illinois is truly guilty, until I can be sure with moral certainty that no innocent man or woman is facing a lethal injection,
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Oklahoma City police chemist faked the crucial evidence The innocent man they put to death ... Oklahoma authorities aren't willing to admit that they executed an innocent man. "We have used for the last 25 years bad science in this state to convict people, and we have stretched the truth," said James Bednar, head of Oklahoma...
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The time has come to make it a lot easier for those whose claim of innocence is supported by irrefutable scientific evidence to get off death row and out of jail - and for lawmakers to seriously consider how to ensure that other innocent people aren't put to death.
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It's scary to me that innocent [used loosely there, since there usually seems to be SOME crime committed that put these people in this position] people can be put to death. As we well know, SOME folks see life in prison as more of a deterrent than death [Timothy McVeigh comes to mind].
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The Death Penalty on Trial: Are Innocent People Being Put to Death? Aired May 2, 2000 - 3:00 p.m. ET ; THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL; FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. (Continued From Part 1);
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)GOV. ... Today on TALKBACK LIVE, the death penalty on trial: Are innocent people being put to death? Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to TALKBACK LIVE. A woman is set to be put to death tonight in Arkansas, the state's first execution of a female in 150 years.
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A woman is set to be put to death tonight in Arkansas, the state's first execution of a female in 150 years. But since 1973 more than 80 people have been released from death row because evidence showed they were innocent.
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For many conservatives, and those who oppose a moratorium on capital punishment in North Carolina, the Darryl Hunt case is an anomaly in the argument that it is very likely that factually-innocent people have been executed in North Carolina...
http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/defenseupdates/deathpen...
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How can we stand by when an innocent man is put to death? (And, how can we not see that with the rules of the system distorted to this level of injustice, any one of us could be next?) ... Will Texas Execute Another Innocent Man? The Case of Reginald Blanton: A controversial death row case is unfo.. http://bit.ly/K9ZJ9 6...
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wilderside.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/how-do-we-do-it-how-do-we-let-innocent-people-be-put-to-death/
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