| I think it could go either way. It all depends on the person.
We comitt people to death to ensure a greater sense of justice for the victim's.
We decided at some point that some crimes were so grievous the only fitting punishment was death.
This is a bit of a reversal, as 200 years ago, people were executed for very petty crimes by our standards today. That's why I don't think it's about punishment. It's about that sense of justice.
Now usually you don't' get executed 30 days after you have been sentenced. You sit there for 5, 10, sometimes 15 years before your executed. If you really didn't comitt your crime, I think that's plenty of time to get yourself exonerated.
I'm not too familiar with the death penalty. How many cases, if any, was the person found not guilty after being killed? |