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Being a Texan I've always been pretty much for the death penatly. I had confidence in the system and when someone's guilty, in certain instances, I used to say "give'em the shot."
However, last summer, believe it or not it, was the Michael Jackson case that made me rethink my death penalty position- not going to a fairly liberal law school. When Michael- crazy man- Jackson was acquitted of molesting that little boy I knew that the U.S. criminal justice was MESSED UP! If his nutty behind was acquitted, I had to ask how many of the innocent were sentenced to die.
So now I still think the death penalty is appropriate in some cases, but I think to have a better chance of ensuring that only the guilty are sentenced to death that the death penalty should only be on the table when there is DNA evidence linking the accused to the crime.
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