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it is pretty difficult to make statements about innocence once someone is dead and everyone involved with the case has moved on, however there are a number of c
by bryanrasmussen 2y ago
it is pretty difficult to make statements about innocence once someone is dead and everyone involved with the case has moved on, however there are a number of cases in which it is obvious that the standard of beyond the shadow of a doubt was not meant, not even beyond a reasonable doubt - these cases are extremely doubtful and in that case it is reasonable just to describe them as "innocent"
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence/executed-but-possibly-innocent https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/innocence/execute...
A lot of these possibly innocent should just be described as innocent, because the "possibly" adds insult to execution.
- _heimdall 2y agoUnfortunately we all agree to live under this rule of law though. "Innocent" legally only means you weren't convicted, and whether standards like beyond a shadow of a doubt was met is up to the jury and later the appeals court. I agree the system is terrible, if even one innocent person can be found guilty and punished or even killed then the system is broken in my opinion. We can't fix that one-off though, and targeting one state's use of the death penalty is only going after a more obvious symptom while ignoring the root cause. While I will always support seeing a person wrongfully convicted go free, I'd much prefer a fundamental revisit of our legal system so we don't have to catch mistakes like that after the fact.