Since 1973, at least 200 people have been exonerated from death row in the U.S., according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). A 2014 study estimated that at least 4% of those sentenced to death are innocent. These numbers don’t demonstrate the full scope of the impact that the death penalty has on the problem of wrongful conviction as the threat of the death penalty causes innocent people to plead guilty and induces false testimony from witnesses.
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estimated that at least 4% of those sentenced to death are innocent
Just not worth it. That's the state committing murder for nothing! Crazy.
Exactly, how many innocent people executed are too many? The answer is 1
Exactly.