| [quote:post_uid0="skinartia"]Even so, there have been several mistakes and people sent to prison for a crime they didn't even commit. Years later, they were found innocent. Now, if the death penalty had existed that person would have been killed...an innocent person would be killed for a crime they had absolutely nothing to do with.
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But what I'm saying is that we can't say "if they're 100% sure then it's ok", due to the fact that in being found guilty they are assumed to be 100% sure.
Example, a judge can't say, "We're not completely sure you did it, so we won't kill you, but we're still sending you to jail." If they're not completely sure that you committed the crime (I did) then under the way our justice system works in theory is that you don't go to jail.
It's not a perfect system, but it's the best one we've got. |