... advocates deliberately disregard this information or they attempt to justify it in some way. Those who support capital punishment claim that there has never been such a case in which and innocent person was wrongfully executed. For instance, Edward Koch quotes Hugo Bedau in support of his claim that such cases are not true, saying "it is false sentimentality to argue that the ... death penalty should be abolished because of the abstract possibility that an innocent person might be executed." Koch, in an attempt to gain political support, acted completely unethical by quoting Bedau out o...

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... offenses, 139 of the 350 were sentenced to death, and 23 were actually executed" (Nathanson 344). Over this eighty year period this figure averages out to the death of an innocent person about every 3.4 years. This fact is extremely disturbing and rightfully so, yet death penalty advocates blatantly disregard the information or attempt to justify it in some way. Those who support ... of his claim that such cases are not true, saying "it is false sentimentality to argue that the death penalty should be abolished because of the abstract possibility that an innocent person might be execute...

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