http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/07/opinion/bloodsworth-death-penalty/
Who?
Edward Lee Elmore
What?
Wrongly accused man put on death penalty
When?
August 9, 1984 (crime) June 28, 1993 (released)
Where?
Cambridge, Maryland
Why?
I chose this article because it supports one of the anti death penalty arguments, that a person put on death row may be wrongly accused. Elmore was convicted of the rape and murder of a 9-year old girl and sentenced to death, even though he did not commit the crime. DNA testing proved him to be innocent and he was released afar 9 years on death row, but had he been killed he would have been killed for no reason. It is almost always impossible to tell with out a doubt that a person has committed a crime, so there will always be a chance that the person being killed is innocent.
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