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Originally Posted by Prolu2007
The famous film called " The Life of David Gale ", which is about him supposed to be getting killed by Death Penalty, when in fact he didn't do anything at all, he was innocent.
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Using a film as an example is okay but it is still a work of fiction. There will always be other works of fiction which counters it.
Or even documentaries - the one which tried to portray Michael Peterson as innocent failed pretty badly to convey all the facts of the story (although one has to ask if this is even possible?).
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/peterson/
That said, I am opposed to the death penalty as I think it is a brutal act performed by an institution (ie, usually the State) which should have better things to do than kill people. I am for prevention, not murder.
I will never defend the right of a killer to go free. However, nor will I defend a system where innocent people, children, and mentally people are kept behind bars or executed after grave miscarriages of justice.
