The Death Penalty 9
Advocates of capital punishment believe that the death penalty is dominated by the fraudulent voice of the anti-death penalty movement-that culture and lies so dominate that movement that many of falsehoods are now accepted as fact. Contrary to many beliefs, the imposition of the death penalty is extraordinarily rare. Since 1967, there has been one execution for every 1600 murders or .06%. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report and Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1967 and 1996, there have been approximately 560,000 murders and only 358 executions. Opponents of capital punishment say there is a risk in executing the innocent-advocates disagree. Great effort has been made in pre-trial, trial, appeal, and clemency procedures to minimize the chance of an innocent being convicted, sentenced to death, or executed. Since 1973, these legal protections have been so extraordinary that 37% of all death row cases have been overturned for due process reasons. Inmates are 6 times more likely to get off death row by appeals than by execution. In July of 1997, opponents claimed that 69 “innocent” death row inmates have been released since 1973. In just a casual review of 39 of those cases, there was no evidence of innocence i
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