Originally Posted by studiocritic

Sarah made a very intelligent point about him being the focus of attempted hostage exchanges, etc.


Sarah - I, too, am not in favor of the death penalty simply because the justice system is not without imperfections. I'd rather 1000 people who deserve death would get life in prison, rather than see 1 innocent man sentenced to death.

Last week or so, a particularly gruesome rape conviction from 1981 was overturned thanks to DNA evidence that is available thanks to (new-to-1981) technology.