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Originally Posted by sandman!
i think it should be expanded with less appeals allowed
bring back hangings after trials not 2 years later after attorney's get to make 100k trying to overturn it  |
The only way I would support that is if they changed the trial system to force both sides to allow all evidence to be entered into court. Often times one side or the other will fight to get evidence held out of the trial that could hurt their case. In the past (and even now) DNA evidence that could prove without a doubt the guilt or innocence of the person is often not allowed into the trial because either the defense or prosecution has fought to have it held out because they know it might disprove their case.
There should be no fight for DNA evidence, it should automatically be entered into the trial. If every piece of evidence was admitted it would great cut down on the number of potentially innocent people that end up killed. I would also want to see the law modified so in cases where there is no hard DNA or physical evidence and we are relying on just eyewitness testimony (which is most of the time inaccurate) and evidence that is circumstantial are not allowed the death penalty or they are allowed more appeals. There have been a decent number of cases where innocent people spent 10+ years behind bars and were later found to be innocent. It would suck to find out that we were putting innocent people to death in the name of saving money and time.