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Since 1977, some 553 people have been executed in the United States while another eighty death row inmates have been released after they were found innocent. For every seven executed, one innocent person is freed-an “error rate” of more than twelve (12) percent.
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Exoneration Statistics ... 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/article.php?did=412
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The Facts Hurt At Texecutions.com ... According to statistics, George Bush has executed 9 INNOCENT PEOPLE..! ... Executed Offenders;
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www.texecutions.com/texecuted.html
www.texecutions.com/texecuted.html
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An Illinois coalition moves to stop the death penalty in the wake of startling statistics ... "If you have a money judgment, you can appeal and it's reversed and everyone gets their money and it's fine," Hartman says. "But when somebody's executed, you can't bring them back. What if nine innocent people had been executed?
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www.abanet.org/irr/hr/fall97/deathpen.html
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Danger of Executing the Innocent On the Rise ... The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that the average stay on death row is eight years. ... Currently, 38 states and the federal government have active death penalties. Since 1973, 6,000 people have been sentenced to death, and 402 have been executed.
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home.c2i.net/sissel.norway/rice.htm
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I can’t definitively say that this is the first example of a clearly innocent person having been executed in the United States — but it sure seems that way. At the very least, he shouldn’t have been convicted.
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patterico.com/2005/11/22/an-innocent-person-executed/
patterico.com/2005/11/22/an-innocent-person-executed/
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The critical reader may feel I have chosen a few isolated examples to make a general conclusion, so I will now present more generalized statistics exposing that the death penalty is racist, classist and often mistakenly sentences the innocent to die.
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famvin.org/en/archive/when-innocent-are-executed-anothe...
famvin.org/en/archive/when-innocent-are-executed-another-murder-occurs
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It has been shown innocent people have been executed. It costs more to execute someone opposed to life in prison. An area where there is no death penalty has a lower violent crime rate. The only plus to ... "dude really has a pragmatic approach to crime fighting, almost like he’s some kind of statistics superhero"
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gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/04/risk-of-innocent...
gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/04/risk-of-innocent-texan-executed.html
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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. Bush insists he carefully scrutinizes each pending execution before signing off on it.
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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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