Topic

Wrongful convictions and death penalty errors

3 mentions in 1 episode

The risk of executing innocent people and the irreversibility of death penalties when evidence later exonerates the condemned.

Mentions

Should Capital Punishment Be Put to Death?

  • 13:35

    Some sentenced to death were exonerated of their crimes after the discovery of new evidence

  • 15:44

    how many of those inmates deserved a fresh look at the evidence? What are the costs

  • 42:01

    if some people hadn't come out and say, hey, there's something wrong here, they probably would have been executed