(September 7, 2011 at 6:13 pm)Diamond-Deist Wrote:(September 7, 2011 at 6:08 pm)Rokcet Scientist Wrote: No. Because the verdict can be wrong. It was in the cases of at least 10% of executed murderers in the USA since 1970. In hindsight they were legally proven to not be killers.
But society had already killed them...
That's manslaughter, according to the same laws.
That society must go to jail for a looong time!
What if the verdict is in no doubt? all evidence etc present?
Verdicts convicting people to the electric chair are always "in no doubt".
Yet 1 in 8 prove to be very wrong.