DNA evidence casts doubt on Henry Jamerson’s rape conviction after 24 years in prison. Prosecutors are fighting efforts to clear his name.
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A new discovery follows years of claims that the evidence had been destroyed. The victim says doubts about the case always haunted her.
  • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I completely agree. Even the slightest chance of a wrongful conviction is reason enough to leave the death penalty in the past. More than that, state-sanctioned killing is motivated by the idea that vengeance somehow provides justice, or at least acts as some kind of sick deterrent. But it ends up implying a level of permissiveness for violence, fatal and otherwise, between everyone. The government shouldn’t get to make an exception for vengeance, sorry “justice,” when murder is held up as one of the worst crimes we recognize.