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Originally Posted by Dragonlady
ASL, application of the death penalty is another question, not the one I was answering.
Thus my solution will not apply to your problem. I was considering only the execution of persons for crimes they did not commit. I think if prosecutors were held personally liable for errors, we would see less of them. I've seen many cases where the person was proven not guilty and released, only to have the original law enforcement and/or DA insist that they ARE SO GUILTY and nothing will ever change their minds.
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But we’re talking about the death penalty, which is a thing that exists in the US (at the federal level that means everywhere). It is a problem if application and cannot be divorced from the reality of how it is actually applied, keeping in mind that the thought of executing an innocent person certainly does sound terrible, there is so much more to it than mere guilt or innocence.