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On the death row issue; check out this website: http://www.innocenceproject.org/ . There's also lots of resources on the web that talk about innocent people who have spent decades in jail, or who have been put to death. There are also first-hand accounts from those innocent people who spent 10, 20, 30 years or more in prison. Having executions the same day as guilty verdicts would virtually ensure that more innocent people were put to death.
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Truth. My husband worked with the Innocence Institute while he was in college (as a journalist). He worked on a team that ended up clearing a man of murder. There were gross errors in the casework when the original trial happened, and one witness came right out and admitted he had lied on the stand. By the time the innocence institute took his case, did the research, and filed the appeal, he had spent something like 10+ years in jail. Lost his wife and family, his home, his livelihood.....and he was innocent.
That is why a same day execution is a BAD BAD idea.