Death Penalty Statistics
The Hamster today has a recap of death penalty statistices from the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
"*Twenty three (23) innocent people have been mistakenly executed this century. Each year, approximately 4.5 people are convicted of capital crimes who are actually innocent. Over 100 people have been released since 1972 as a result of being wrongly convicted. "
According to the latest numbers from the Innocence Project which tracks the exonerations, there are now 110 people who have been freed from prison as a result of being found factually innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted.
The system is broken and needs to be fixed. Thanks, Hamster, for bringing it to our attention today.
For more, see our post on the 110th exoneration of Eddie Joe Lloydthis past week.
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