Quote Originally Posted by Hardcore Newbie
I don't believe in the death penalty for the simple reason that people can make mistakes. And I'm not talking about offenders, I'm talking about people who convict alleged offenders. I'd hate to lose someone to the death penalty because of a corrupt system.

I've never found one single case of a person that was killed with the death penalty, and later proven innocent. This is NOT the same as somebody being released from Death Row - I'm only talking actual executions.

As for a "corrupt" system, I'd say that there are a lot more people getting away with violent crimes than innocent people getting convicted of crimes they didn't commit.