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28 paź 2024 · The death penalty carries the inherent risk of executing an innocent person. Since 1973, at least 200 people who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. have been exonerated.
- Executed But Possibly Innocent
It is now broadly accepted that the judicial review provided...
- Description of Innocence Cases
Mulero pled guilty on September 27, 1993, and Lynch withdrew...
- Innocence by the Numbers
70 Years Later, Florida Posthumously Pardons the “ Groveland...
- Posthumous Pardons
In 1949, seven young Black men were accused of the rape and...
- Exonerations by Race
70 Years Later, Florida Posthumously Pardons the “ Groveland...
- Partial Innocence
Johnny Lee Gates Georgia — Conviction: 1977, Released: 2020....
- Sentence Commuted
Kevin Keith Ohio Conviction 1995, Commuted to Life: 2010....
- Additional Resources
Innocence and the Crisis in the American Death Penalty...
- Executed But Possibly Innocent
It is now broadly accepted that the judicial review provided to death-penalty cases in the United States has been inadequate to prevent the execution of at least some prisoners who were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death. Some cases with strong evidence of innocence include: Carlos DeLuna (Texas, convicted 1983, executed 1989)
Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment often cite cases of wrongful execution as arguments, while proponents argue that innocence concerns the credibility of the justice system as a whole and does not solely undermine the use of the ...
18 lut 2021 · Since 1973, more than 8,700 people in the U.S. have been sent to death row. At least 182 weren’t guilty—their lives upended by a system that nearly killed them.
29 wrz 2024 · The Death Penalty Information Center maintains a list of executed people who had “strong evidence of innocence”; it numbers 20 cases, almost all of which are from the past few decades. Other...
31 gru 1993 · A recent national poll found that the number one issue raising doubts among voters regarding the death penalty is the danger of a mistaken execution. [1] Fifty-eight percent of voters are disturbed that the death penalty might allow an innocent person to be executed.
10 lut 2009 · Specific to the death penalty, our work has shown that innocent people are sentenced to die. Of more than 300 people exonerated through post-conviction DNA testing, more than 25% were convicted of murder.
