Hard Time

Posted by: GOOD , Open
on August 15, 2007 at 1:26 pm

Since the United States reinstated the death penalty in 1976, 118 people on death row have been exonerated. These 118 people spent a combined 1,125 years in prison. GOOD and Open tally the years.

See the Hard Time transparency.

Filed under: Magazine : Transparency
Categories: Politics

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DISCUSSION: 4 Comments

- Posted by: John Paul
- on June 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I wounder if one can figure a probability of how many innocent people have been executed by using that number.
- Posted by: Sean
- on June 21, 2009 at 9:19 pm
how do know they were innocent
- Posted by: Dan
- on June 22, 2009 at 2:10 am
How do we know? They were exonerated for crying out loud.
- Posted by: PhillyTrue
- on June 22, 2009 at 2:21 am
The “Death Penalty” is a joke in most states. It sees more criminals on death row dying from natural causes rather than execution. Many of the “exonerated” mentioned on this site are likely guilty anyway but managed to out-last the opposition because their victim was long-gone/forgotten and the victim’s family was too old, too tired or too poor to continue the fight for justice. There was no one left to fight for the victim. Whenever people are involved, justice will not be perfect. We owe it to the victim, as well as the accused, to get it right.