re: Woman freed from death row four days after she was supposed to die -

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my political leanings have changed my views on the death penalty. If I can't trust the govt. to run healthcare, I can't trust them to kill american citizens judiciously.

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I wouldn't say my political leaning did this, but nevertheless, the fact that we suck such huge arse at applying the death penalty has swayed me away from it.

Frankly, I no longer trust our jury system in the slightest on any case that has any significant technical aspects to it.

And hell, that's before we talk about normal human biases. Not racism, just normal bias. Fact is, in two cases with equal facts, if you look like Will Smith, your odds of being convicted much less getting the DP are much lower than if you look like Machete.