The governments' sorry to the dead innocent

I came across an article on ACLU referred to as A question of Innocence while trying to find proof that the death penalty has taken innocent persons' lives. It is said that in Arizona there is an astonishing '113 inmates that have been found innocent and released from death row'(http://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment/question-innocence). This information doesn't cease to amaze me considering the death penalty has continued to be apart of the American judicial system. As studies are ongoing on the topic of innocent inmates encountering the death penalty; A specific study by a Columbia University professor has overwhelmed me with disbelief from the government.


James Liebman, a Columbia University professor, conducted a study revealing 'an astonishing 82 percent of death row inmate did not deserve the death penalty'. (http://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment/question-innocence) It has become evident that the American hasn't made a perfunctory attempt is being made to relieve a habituated way of thinking. Studies have also shown that 'inmates that have been found innocent because someone has came forward to admit to the crime ' This article also provides case studies of inmates that have been proven to be innocent after extensive years on death row. In A question of Innocence it has been shown that 'In several cases, college or law school students investigated cases and unearthed essential evidence.'(http://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment/question-innocence), which is even more astonishing to know that individuals who has not been in practice for elongated years can uncover such things and save innocent lives. 


This just goes to show that the American judicial system requires long amount of review on their approach to the death penalty. As of this article my opinion stays the same; The death penalty is an ineffective way to punish criminals and inflict fear upon civilians. Capital punishment shouldn't be enforced in any judicial system as it has been proven to be a faulty way to in force laws.