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Originally Posted by RickeyD
My feelings are not relevant. State ordered execution is legal premeditated murder. Innocent people have been released from death row when new evidence has been presented. Innocent people have been released from prison when new evidence has been presented. Since the 70's many possibly innocent people have been executed. Typically new evidence is submitted but not looked at after the execution because the defendant is dead.
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This seems to vary a lot state-to-state. Some states have a history of prejudice against certain people being quite high within their legal system and in their communities as well. Others do not have such serious problems. Arkansas probably is not high on the list of states that have had few people found innocent after they have been executed or who are on Death Row.
And if you are member of a victim's family or friends you really want the state to get the right person otherwise the real killer is still out there or could be. Often they are in prison for something else.