Jot Powers wrote: >Yes, but that "BUT" is a doozy. The fact is we can't guarantee it, >as the "beyond a reasonable doubt" requirement has shown in the >face of DNA evidence over the last 10 years. > > This is pretty much the only reason I don't support the death penalty. I'm quite at home, morally and philosophically, with the idea that some people need killing. It's the IFF that I'm a little sticky on. On the other side, however, how big IS the gap between 30 years of jail and execution, for an innocent? Restoring those lost 30 years is every bit as impossible as restoring a snuffed out life. To that end, striving to improve the accuracy rate for convictions is a key judicial-reform priority.