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Originally posted by tiesto14 I KNOW that there are many people on death row who are innocent...

I want hard evidence and eyewitness testimony stating their innocence.....

how do you know "many" of death row inmates are innocent???? have they personally written you a letter stating such, or are you a defense attorney working and know this? AND even if they were not proven guilty, they are not considered innocent but NOT GUILTY, due to lack of fact and information to prove the defendant guilty.

The criminals were innocent but have been proven "guilty" by a court of law. In the United States, a guilty verdict is issued only if the guilt of the defendant is beyond a reasonable doubt, in other words, the jury must be firmly convinced, after hearing testimonies, and looking at facts, that the defendant is indeed guilty.

As for the death penalty, i do not believe in alternatives for someone who has been proven guilty in a court of law and been issued the death penalty.

Even then, the defense will appeal the verdict. And in Mitchell Rupe's case, some might even get fat on purpose by eating too much food , and state that hanging him would decapitate him, and that would be "cruel and unusual punishment" under US law....

>JM<