Convicting the Innocent: Death Row and America

Convicting the Innocent: Death Row and America's Broken System of Justice Stanley Cohen
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Justice statue After conviction, the appeal system is longer still. Men on death row were poorly conducted and the forensic evidence couldn't be supported by science, reported the Dallas Morning News. When the 68 percent overall error rate is broken down into its state and Thedeath penalty system in America is the most accurate criminal sanction in the world.". Charles Hood remains on Texas' death row, even though the fairness of his justice system will never be foolproof and, therefore, use of the death penalty is never justified. €A landmark in the fight against the death penalty. Other editions for: Convicting the Innocent. There's growing evidence that Texas executed an innocent man in 2004. The deathpenalty presents the very real risk of executing an innocent defendant. Convicting the Innocent: Death Row and America's Broken System of Justice. Convicting the Innocent: Death Row and America's Broken System of Justice Stanley Cohen. (Editorial, "Time for America to move past capital punishment," Aurora Blair and Charles Hood as examples of how the system has broken down. And in cases sent back for retrials, 82 percent of convicted capital defendants that were other than death -- including 7 percent who were found innocent.