Nap, we will have to disagree. Based on the history of crime and punishment, miscarriages of justice continue to this day.
Were the death penalty reintroduced where it has been abolished, innocent people would be executed.
Just google " miscarriages of justice murder " and see what I mean.
You might also watch a fine film called " Let him have it ", which deals with the case of Derek Bentley, hanged for using words unwisely then granted a posthumous pardon 45 years later. Like many victims, Bentley was of low intelligence.
Or consider Stephen Downing's case, a 17 year-old with a mental age of 11, served 27 years for a murder he didn't commit ( had the death penalty been around he wouldn't have been ).
Or Stefan Kisyko, another vulnerable type, served 16 years for murder then released only to die of a heart attack within a year. ( again, he would have hanged ).
Or very famously, Timothy Evans, again of low intelligence, hanged 1953 for a murder he didn't commit, granted posthumous pardon 1998.
I deal here with the UK ,I am sure America has more than its share of similar events.
Were the death penalty reintroduced where it has been abolished, innocent people would be executed.
Just google " miscarriages of justice murder " and see what I mean.
You might also watch a fine film called " Let him have it ", which deals with the case of Derek Bentley, hanged for using words unwisely then granted a posthumous pardon 45 years later. Like many victims, Bentley was of low intelligence.
Or consider Stephen Downing's case, a 17 year-old with a mental age of 11, served 27 years for a murder he didn't commit ( had the death penalty been around he wouldn't have been ).
Or Stefan Kisyko, another vulnerable type, served 16 years for murder then released only to die of a heart attack within a year. ( again, he would have hanged ).
Or very famously, Timothy Evans, again of low intelligence, hanged 1953 for a murder he didn't commit, granted posthumous pardon 1998.
I deal here with the UK ,I am sure America has more than its share of similar events.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
