Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Eco Friendly

This weekend I was watching the news. I heard the that John Muhummad was scheduled to be executed. My grandmother was thankful to what she heard, but it made me think about wrongful conviction. Wrongful convictions are the reason why most Americans say that they dislike the death penalty. These people who are against the death penalty believe that sometimes the wrong person is executed and no justice has been done. Other than that, there has been an innocent person killed on both sides, leaving the real killer on the streets. In my opinion, wrongful conviction does not happen at all because of how good the justice system is today. With DNA tests and other technologies, it seems impossible to make such a great mistake. With these technologies, having three suspects can narrow it down to the person who actually pulled the trigger. This is a system in which it is impossible to convict the wrong person. For example, if someone used a gun to kill another person, only that one suspect would be convicted because of the fingerprints on the gun. Another reason why DNA testing is so effective is because you can put fingerprints into a system, and it lets you know if anyone within the database has committed the crime. Not only can this system tell whether someone committed a crime or not, it can also be used to see if there were one, or multiple victims. By testing the blood, hair or semen within the crime scene, finding the suspect is a fairly easy process. This is a system that cannot be blamed for wrongful conviction because it is so accurate.

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