{"id":6260,"date":"2010-12-13T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T14:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=6260"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:59:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:59:14","slug":"analyzing-the-death-penalty-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/government_employee\/12\/13\/analyzing-the-death-penalty-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Injustice Of The Death Penalty In America"},"content":{"rendered":"
John Edward Green Jr. is on trial in Houston, charged with fatally shooting a woman in a 2008 robbery. Harris County Judge Kevin Fine, a Democratic judge in Republican Texas, has stated his decision whether to allow prosecutors to request the death penalty will “boil down to whether or not an innocent person has actually been executed” in Texas<\/a>. Texas has a treasure trove of innocent people<\/a> who’ve found themselves on death row. The problem isn’t those who’ve been exonerated, it’s those who haven’t.<\/p>\n Cameron Todd Willingham and Claude Jones are names that supporters of the death penalty don’t want to hear. Both were executed in Texas after trials left more questions than answers with evidence uncovered after both executions showing that both were likely innocent.
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\nCameron Todd Willingham was executed for the arson of his own home which killed his three daughters. He always claimed his innocence, even refusing a plea agreement in return for a life sentence. Nine independent and nationally renowned experts concluded that the fire in Willingham’s home was not arson<\/a>. Despite expert testimony and pleas for a new hearing by several advocacy groups, Willingham was executed by lethal injection on February 17, 2004.<\/p>\n