Just don't kill anyone, your own murder has been averted.
oh really? How are you going to to tell those who may have been innocent?
"Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some cases upon defendants who are actually innocent."
Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. 1994
Innocent People are on Death Row and May Have Been Executed
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At least 139 people have been exonerated from death row since 1973, including 23 from Florida alone. (Death Penalty Information Center)
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In recent years, three major U.S. newspapers the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Chronicle and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that four executed inmates in all probability were innocent. They are Ruben Cantu of Texas, Carlos De Luna of Texas, Larry Griffin of Missouri, and Cameron Todd Willingham of Texas.
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A study identified 23 instances in the last century in which a person with an extraordinarily strong case of innocence had been executed by the government. (H. Bedeau & M. Radelet, "Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases" Stanford Law Review, 1987)
P.S. John Allen Muhammad will never kill again...
Life in prison without parole would have worked just as well and would probably have been cheaper.
But, as long as YOU feel better about his DEATH well then it's all ok right? We wouldn't want to piss you off or anything. His DEATH is such a small price to pay for your happiness.
