About 10% of all death row inmates have been exonerated, and yet I'm sure the justice system has put innocent people to death. So we ought to be careful taking away a person's right to appeal, no matter how long it takes.
There should be a threshold above 'beyond a reasonable doubt' for the death penalty, such as extraordinary evidence where there's video evidence or DNA that assures us the accused is guilty. At that point, I'm in favor of taking a person's appeal rights away and move to quick executions.
Note: Timothy McVeigh did not appeal and thus was put to death pretty quickly.
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