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Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul
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.
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Exactly; as I've read more and more about the subject, I've actually changed my thoughs on capital punishment, and I'm now anti-death penalty.
Look, at least with respect to one crime (drunk driving), I can understand the wish for some eye for an eye retribution. My wife and I were seriously injured and almost killed by a drunk driver who was driving without a license. I get that, when something happens to you, you can feel differently about the criminal justice system.
At the end of the day, though, using revenge as a factor in criminal justice would create too many problems.