This is the face of Kwame Ajamu (previously Ronnie Bridgeman) moments after he was exonerated of murder. He spent 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit and very nearly faced the death penalty.
The death penalty is abhorrent, and not just for the obvious reasons of permanent injustice or moral considerations. As an atheist I'm not sure what happens after death. If I were to venture a guess though I'd say absolutely nothing, and that sounds like the easy way out to me where there should be hard consequences.