[ketsu]

I am a firm believer in capital punishment. There are crimes that are so hideous that the only punishment is execution. I say this with Charlie Manson in mind, who received a stay, many states followed and families were denied the justice they were entitled to.

Would you still believe in capital punishment if 50+% of all of those executed were innocent?

[ripley]

the question is whether the death penalty is cruel and unusual, not if “beyond a shadow of a doubt” has been subverted.

[wally-balls]

Would you still believe in capital punishment if 50+% of all of those executed were innocent?
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Out of which orifice did you pull that hypothetical statistic?

[Dick Vomer]

Would you still believe in capital punishment if 50+% of all of those executed were innocent?

Have you ever been around a jail or prison? 50%...what a joke. 100% of the prisoners are innocent, doncha know?

Let's do this simple experiment.

Make Texas a 3 strikes for felony convictions you get life without parole. Use a weapon (gun) to commit a crime mandatory 15 years, fire the gun mandatory 25 years and injure or kill gets you life without parole, have a nice life.

Death penalty is placed on 180 days to place all reviews and appeals with guillotine used as the most painless method of execution. If any appeals go further than 180 days the state bills the family of the convict and/or the law firm representing the prisoner $5000 per day if the appeal loses to be paid to the families/estates of the victims....each.

Give the experiment about 15 years and lets compare crime between Texas and say...... California, New York, or any other generic state in the Union.

[Little Ray]

YES. If 50% were innocent, then problem is the court system and the juries, not the punishment.

[theDentist]

Would you oppose if 99.99% were guilty?

[Former Military Chick]

Would you still believe in capital punishment if 50+% of all of those executed were innocent?

NO! But, that is not the question.

Let me rephrase, it is not the question this article discusses and those that oppose the death penalty are using cruel and inhumane punishment" to permanently stop the most extreme of punishment's, reserved for the very worst convicted felons our society has amongst us.

It is about whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.