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[-] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That "at least 4%" bit makes that even worse. Just look at the List of miscarriage of justice cases on Wikipedia, it's not not exhaustive and it's huge, I cannot morally or ethically justify capital punishment on that alone, the whole state-sanctioned murder bit just makes it even more horrific.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

From the wiki:

Due to the high number of notable wrongful conviction cases compiled for the United States, the list can be viewed via the main article.

I fucking hate this country.

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