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Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty Advances!
Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: Husker_Fan on April 07, 2015, 02:06:29 PM ---By a court? Probably not.
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Courts, pardons ... not a one since 1976.
Yes, there have been posthumous exonerations over the course of U.S. history. However, despite the concerted efforts of numerous anti-death penalty groups, not a single "modern" posthumous exoneration.
Husker_Fan:
There have been over a dozen. You seem to not want to count them because they were not done by courts or granted pardons. The problem is that courts won't hear posthumous appeals so you won't get one of those.
The pre-76 pardons came 60 to 100 years after the fact. You seem to think the lack of a posthumous pardon in the last 40 years means it hasn't happened. That's like refusing to acknowledge that the sky is blue because a unicorn hasn't told you it is.
To argue that no one has been wrongfully executed when 144 death row inmates have been released as innocent (4% of the death row convicts since 76) defies logic.
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Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: Husker_Fan on April 07, 2015, 10:04:23 PM ---There have been over a dozen. You seem to not want to count them because they were not done by courts or granted pardons. The problem is that courts won't hear posthumous appeals so you won't get one of those.
The pre-76 pardons came 60 to 100 years after the fact. You seem to think the lack of a posthumous pardon in the last 40 years means it hasn't happened. That's like refusing to acknowledge that the sky is blue because a unicorn hasn't told you it is.
To argue that no one has been wrongfully executed when 144 death row inmates have been released as innocent (4% of the death row convicts since 76) defies logic.
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I'm just stating facts. Do you have a citation for your "over a dozen"?
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