| I already posted this in the prison inmate topic, but I'll post it again.
The main problem with the judicial system is how broken it is if you're poor and cannot afford an attorney. Here's some statistics curtosey of Stupid White Men:
In the Clinton/Gore administration the amount of inmates doubled from 1 to 2 million.
In a 23 year period (1973-1995) a study found 7 out of 10 capital sentence cases out of 4,578 had serious, reversible error.
Since 1973 95 death row inmates were fully exonerated by the court. 96 have been realesed as a result of DNA testing.
In 85% of death penalty cases the error rates are 60% or higher
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