> If the author's description of the case is accurate, it really doesn't matter how you feel about the death penalty—you can replace "put to death" with "life i

> If the author's description of the case is accurate, it really doesn't matter how you feel about the death penalty—you can replace "put to death" with "life in prison" and this is still an extreme miscarriage of justice The difference is that you can partially undo a sentence of life in prison. The death penalty is permanent. In the absence of a perfect justice system (and perfection is not achievable in anything as complicated as a criminal justice system), innocent citizens will eventually be killed by the state with no chance of them eventually being set free if a miscarriage of justice comes to light.