A man was released from death row after DNA tests showed he was innocent of the crime he was accused of:
After 15 years on death row, freedom - CNN
This could have been one innocent person killed. If he was killed and was later found to be innocent, would this be enough for people to stop supporting the death penalty?
You mean ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE have been released because of that.
No way we can know WHICH ONES may be innocent down the road. Maybe only 1 out of 500 murderers.
So we need to end the death penalty to make damn sure that one innocent one is not put to death.
So the other 499 get life also because WE DO NOT KNOW.
Beyond a reasonable doubt is the burden and only God knows that in punishment of death.
Nothing to do about whether or not we believe they are innocent or not at trial of the murder as that is A JURY DECISION that we need to respect.
Death penalty is a separate phase of a criminal trial, AFTER THE DETERMINATION of guilt.