Well a death penalty that does not get applied in practice is really just a life sentence with a lot more judicial oversight. I am not in favour of the death p

Well a death penalty that does not get applied in practice is really just a life sentence with a lot more judicial oversight. I am not in favour of the death penalty myself, but until the poor are given adequate legal representation it might be the best way of avoiding miscarriages of justice. The quality of legal representation poor people on death row get is orders of magnitude better than those serving life sentences.