The Need to Free Innocent People on Death Row

Because of the expensive and really smart lawyers, many innocent people on

death row are being killed therefore, the innocent should be represented by

More experienced and highly trained lawyers. There are too many innocent

People on death row.48% of Americans prefer death penalty and 44% of

Americans prefer life without parole two most common reasons for

Convictions of innocent people on death row cases have been mistaken by

Eyewitness testimony and jailhouse snitches. “Improvements in the death

Penalty system have gathered increased support among legislators and the

Public”. “Race and class remain critical factors in the decision of who lives

and who dies”. Poor people can’t afford a good lawyer because they are too

busy with too many things and they are going too fast unlike the rich people

That can afford a good lawyer who gets the job done. “The primary reason

For this economic disparity is that the poor are systematically denied access

To well-trained and adequately funded lawyers”. Defendants are provided

With poorly trained and under funded court-appointed lawyers who represent

Those death sentenced prisoners. Some defendants in capital cases have been

Represented by attorneys who were drunk or intoxicated during the trail.

Sentencing criminals to more years in prison rather than death row is better.

Don’t put people on death row unless you know they are guilty.

DNA testing continues to be carried out, leading the release of innocent

People on death row proving that the criminal-justice system makes

Mistakes. Once people learn that the innocent and non-innocent can be

Served with justice without death row there more inclined to believe justice

System would still function without death row. For the past years, public

Opposition to the death penalty has been forced on the risk of executing

Innocent and the escapes of death row convicts who had a good fortune to

Have their innocent vindicated before a death sentence could be carried out.

What do we think is right? How do we fix this problem? What can we do to

Help out? We all make our mistakes in life but we learn from them. There

Are too many innocent people on death row. Nationally 48% of Americans

Favor the death penalty and 44% prefer life without parole, the death penalty

Just continues the cycle of violence and creates more murder victim family

Members. Two of the most common reasons for convictions of innocent

People on death row cases have been mistaken by eyewitness testimony and

Also jailhouse snitches, “Who are routinely given deals by prosecutors in

Return for unsubstantiated stories”. “Improvements in the death penalty

System have gathered increased support among legislators and the public”,

Reforms in Illinois passed a unanimous vote of the legislator and also public-

Opinion polling in 2003 suggests a softening of the public attitudes on death

Penalty in Illinois with 55% of the state residents who support death penalty

Race and class remain critical factors in the decision of who lives and who

Dies, both race and poverty corrupts the administration of the death penalty

And also race severely disadvantages the black jurors, black defendants, and

Black victims within capital-punishment system. Family members and

Innocent death row mates should have the right to prove themselves before

Any executions are made. In life, mistakes happen sometimes, were never

Perfect, but we have to make the right choices. Poor people can’t afford a

Good lawyer because they are too busy with too many things and they are

Going too fast unlike the rich people that can afford a good lawyer who gets

The job done. “The primary reason for this economic disparity is that the

Poor are systematically denied access to well trained and adequately funded

Lawyers”, poor people are getting represented by attorneys that are being

Paid as little as $5 an hour unfortunately the justice system goes by you get

What you can only afford. Defendants are provided with poorly trained and

Underfunded court-appointed lawyers who represent that death sentenced

Prisoners; lawyers are sleeping in trials and not paying attention during the

Trails. Some defendants in capital cases have been represented by attorneys

Who were drunk or intoxicated during the trial, loved ones and friends and

Also fathers and mothers are being sentenced to death because of the

Inexperienced and underpaid attorneys. Defendants are saying give them a

Chance to prove there selves’ innocents before being put to death. It’s very

Sad to see a best friend or and a loved one executed for a crime they didn’t

Commit. I feel, attorneys and lawyers should represent the poor or the rich,

the same way they would want to be represented. Sentencing criminals to

More years in prison rather than death row is better. Don’t put people on

death row unless you know they are guilty. DNA testing continues to be

carried out which is leading to the release of innocent people on death row

proving that the criminal-justice system makes mistakes, states have begun

To evaluate their own death penalty system this is good because it shows

That they are innocent people. Once people learn that the innocent and non-

Innocent can be served without death row there more inclined to believe

Justice system would still function without death row, innocent death row

Mates are spending up to 25 to 30 years rather than being executed and the

Non-innocent get released. For the past years, public opposition to the death

Penalty has been focused on the risk of executing innocent and the escapes

Of death row convicts who had a good fortune to have their innocent

Vindicated before a death sentence could be carried out, “In the years of

2002 and 2003 Governor Geoge Ryan imposed a moratorium on executions

And created a special commission to recommend improvements in the

Administration of the death penalty”. People are saying give innocent and or

Non-innocent years in prison rather than execute them. In life, people get

Convicted of things they didn’t do, but if you know you didn’t commit a

Crime then you shouldn’t feel guilty at all inside. But if you’re guilty just

Admit it and get it over with because the longer you wait the worse it will be.

People like you and me have our different opinions in which people should

Get life in prison or a death sentence. We can fix this by not voting for the

Death penalty and proving that there is a second chance in life. We can help

out as people by teaching kids right and wrong before they reach adult hood

And keep them off the streets and in school doing positive things in life. We

All make mistakes in life and we learn from them and sometimes we don’t

But either way it goes its life and we all have to deal with it.