The Death Penalty System in America is Still Broken
The capital punishment system in this country remains deeply and desperately flawed. We are sentencing innocent Americans to death because they can't hire brand-name lawyers - which means that the real killers too often remain free.
Consider the evidence:
Nearly seven of every ten death penalty appeals are reversed for serious reasons;
130 people, who spent a total of 774 years behind bars, have been exonerated from death row - giving 130 killers a total of 774 years on the streets;
The rich don't get sentenced to death - the poor and those who can't hire brand-name lawyers do. A good death penalty defense relies on access to DNA evidence and experts - which cost money. If you can't afford the tests to prove you weren't there, you may be sentenced to death - regardless of what the evidence would have shown.
