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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wrongful_executionWrongful execution - Wikipedia

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   Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment.Cases of wrongful execution are cited as an argument by opponents of capital punishment, while proponents say that the argument of innocence concerns the credibility of the justice system as a whole and does not solely undermine the use of the death penalty.

2. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › innocenceExecuted But Possibly Innocent | Death Penalty Information Center

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   Their 2014 book, The Wrong Carlos: Anatomy of a Wrongful Execution, describes the faulty eyewitness testimony, the police’s failure to investigate Carlos Hernandez, and the misrepresentations by the prosecution that “the other Carlos” DeLuna claimed committed the killing was “a phantom,” while one of the prosecutors knew of Hernandez ...

3. deathpenaltyinfo.org › policy-issues › innocenceInnocence | Death Penalty Information Center

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   Sep 8, 2023 · Given the fallibility of human judgment, there has always been the danger that an execution could result in the killing of an innocent person. Nevertheless, when the U.S. Supreme Court held the administration of the death penalty to be unconstitutional in 1972, there was barely any mention of the issue of innocence in the nine opinions issued.

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4. innocenceproject.org › innocence-and-the-death-penaltyInnocence and the Death Penalty - Innocence Project

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   That’s almost 17 times more than the number of white people executed for murdering Black people, the DPIC notes. The Innocence Project currently represents people on death row with strong claims of innocence and supports coalitions working to ban the use of the death penalty. Virginia, Colorado, and New Hampshire became the most recent states ...

5. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleSentenced to death, but innocent: These are stories of ...

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   Feb 18, 2021 · Its primary goal is to see the death penalty abolished in the U.S. by shifting public opinion on the morality of capital punishment. ... Witness misidentification is a factor in many wrongful ...

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6. innocenceproject.org › the-death-penaltyThe Death Penalty - Innocence Project

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   Feb 10, 2009 · The Death Penalty. 02.10.09. The Innocence Project supports a moratorium on capital punishment while the causes of wrongful convictions are fully identified and remedied. This has been the Innocence Project’s position since our inception in 1992, and it is the same position the American Bar Association adopted more than a decade ago.

7. eji.org › issues › death-penaltyDeath Penalty - Equal Justice Initiative

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   In death penalty cases, perjury/false accusations and official misconduct are the leading causes of wrongful convictions. 3 Robert Dunham, “The Most Common Causes of Wrongful Death Penalty Convictions: Official Misconduct and Perjury or False Accusation,” Death Penalty Information Center (May 31, 2017).

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   What is wrongful execution?

   • Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment.

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   Is wrongful execution a case of innocence?

   • Cases of wrongful execution are cited as an argument by opponents of capital punishment, while proponents say that the argument of innocence concerns the credibility of the justice system as a whole and does not solely undermine the use of the death penalty.

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   How does the death penalty affect wrongful conviction?

   • A 2014 study estimated that at least 4% of those sentenced to death are innocent. These numbers don’t demonstrate the full scope of the impact that the death penalty has on the problem of wrongful conviction as the threat of the death penalty causes innocent people to plead guilty and induces false testimony from witnesses.

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   Can a wrongful conviction lead to execution?

   • It’s a particularly poignant lesson in a nation that executes people at a rate outpaced by few others—and where factors such as a defendant’s or victim’s race, low income, or inability to counter overly zealous police and prosecutors can put the accused at increased risk of a wrongful conviction that could lead to execution.

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