From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 15:51:47 MST
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>>(Brett Paatsch <paatschb@ocean.com.au>):...Has anyone
>>actually compiled any credible stats on the chances of innocents
>>getting executed?
>
> Yes, it's frighteningly high...The most
> common reasons innocent people are discovered on death row are
> bad eyewitness testimony, police corruption (especially things
> like fingerprint and ballistics labs), and incompetent defense.
Lee did not mention the factor that caused me to
change from a DP proponent to opponent. If one
commits a murder, one is highly motivated to get
away with it, perhaps by framing another person
for the deed. If a murderer is patient and highly
intelligent, this can be done very effectively. For
instance, a married couple has a loud quarrel which
a lot of people overhear. If a perp knocks off
either partner that night, good chance the innocent
spouse will end up on the row for it.
It is a cheerful thing indeed to see our long
absent friends Greg Burch and Amara Graps posting
to extropians again. {8-] spike
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