Why does the USA (Land of the Free) have capital punishment and life imprisonment?
As we find out about innocent people who were sentenced to death, more and more Americans are taking a look at the death penalty system in action and finding that their previous assumptions about it were wrong. Things are changing here. Some of the things were seeing are: The worst thing about it. Errors: The system can make tragic and irreversible mistakes. In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Texas for starting the fire that killed his children. Multiple forensic experts have since found that the arson “science” his conviction was based on was actually just junk science. 139 other wrongly convicted people sentenced to death have been exonerated. DNA, is rarely available in homicides and can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people. As of today, 139 wrongly convicted people who were sentenced to death have been exonerated. DNA, is rarely available in homicides and can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people. Crime reduction (deterrence): The death penalty doesn’t
