Death penalty = no. The American Justice system says it all. There is no good way to implement the death penalty. All lawyers are out to win and by any means and this puts people in prison who shouldnt be there. And then you add the death penalty and people who shouldnt be there start dying. Or on the other hand, a man on death row for a good 30 years would have to be massively compensated. Below is a list of innocent people sentenced to death. This does not include England and is just America alone. 1970–1979 1973 1. David Keaton, Florida (Keaton v. State, 273 So.2d 385 (1973)). Convicted 1971. 1974 2. Samuel A. Poole, North Carolina (State v. Poole, 203 S.E.2d 786 (N.C. 1974)). Convicted 1973. 1975 3. Wilbert Lee, Florida (Pitts v. State 247 So.2d 53 (Fla. 1971), overturned and released by pardon in 1975). Convicted 1963. 4. Freddie Pitts, Florida (Pitts v. State 247 So.2d 53 (Fla. 1971), overturned and released by pardon in 1975). Convicted 1965. 5. James Creamer, Georgia (Emmett v. Ricketts, 397 F. Supp 1025 (N.D. Ga. 1975)). Convicted 1973. 6. Christopher Spicer, North Carolina (State v. Spicer, 204 SE 2d 641 (1974)). Convicted 1973. 1976 7. Clarence Norris, Alabama. Convicted 1931. 8. Thomas Gladish, New Mexico. Convicted 1974. 9. Richard Greer, New Mexico. Convicted 1974. 10. Ronald Keine, New Mexico. Convicted 1974. 11. Clarence Smith, New Mexico. Convicted 1974. 1977 11. Delbert Tibbs, Florida. Convicted 1974. 1978 12. Earl Charles, Georgia. Convicted 1975. 13. Jonathan Treadway, Arizona. Convicted 1975. 1979 14. Gary Beeman, Ohio. Convicted 1976. 1980–1989 1980 15. Jerry Banks 16. Larry Hicks 1981 17. Charles Ray Giddens 18. Michael Linder 19. Johnny Ross 20. Ernest (Shuhaa) Graham 1982 21. Annibal Jaramillo 22. Lawyer Johnson, Massachusetts (Commonwealth v. Johnson, 429 N.E.2d 726 (1982)). Convicted 1971. 1985 23. Larry Fisher 1986 24. Anthony Brown 25. Neil Ferber 26. Clifford Henry Bowen 1987 27. Joseph Green Brown. He was re-arrested in 2012 and charged with another murder in North Carolina.[2] 28. Perry Cobb 29. Darby (Williams) Tillis 30. Vernon McManus 31. Anthony Ray Peek 32. Juan Ramos 33. Robert Wallace 1988 34. Richard Neal Jones 35. Willie Brown 36. Larry Troy 1989 37. Randall Dale Adams, Texas (Ex Parte Adams, 768 S.W.2d 281) (Tex. Crim App. 1989). Convicted 1977.[3][4] 38. Robert Cox 39. James Richardson (James Richardsons was granted a new trial because the court clerk lost some of the trial transcript. He was later given a new trial, reconvicted, and executed in 2000. On April 8, 2010, former death row inmate Timothy B. Hennis, once exonerated in 1989, was reconvicted of a triple murder, thereby dropping him from the list of those exonerated.[5] Sentenced to death by military court-martial 15 April 2010. 1990–1999 1990 40. Clarence Brandley, Texas (Ex Parte Brandley, 781 S.W.2d 886 (Tex. Crim App. 1989). Convicted 1981. 41. John C. Skelton 42. Dale Johnston 43. Jimmy Lee Mathers 1991 44. Gary Nelson 45. Bradley P. Scott 46. Charles Smith 1992 47. Jay C. Smith, Pennsylvania. Convicted 1986. 1993 48. Kirk Bloodsworth, Maryland. Convicted 1984. Exonerated 1993; first prisoner to be exonerated by DNA evidence. Serving life in prison when exonerated, as earlier death sentence was overturned. 49. Federico M. Macias 50. Walter McMillan 51. Gregory R. Wilhoit Oklahoma. Convicted 1987. Along with Ron Williamson, Wilhoit later became the subject of John Grishams 2006 non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town.[6] 52. James Robison 53. Muneer Deeb 1994 54. Andrew Golden 1995 55. Adolph Munson 56. Robert Charles Cruz. (Cruz disappeared in 1997. His remains were found in 2007.[7]) 57. Rolando Cruz 58. Alejandro Hernández 59. Sabrina Butler 1996 60. Joseph Burrows. Joseph Burrows was released from death row after his attorney Kathleen Zellner persuaded the real killer to confess at the post-conviction hearing, and Peter Rooney, a reporter for the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, obtained a recantation from a key witness.[8] The Burrows case was the subject of a book by Rooney titled Die Free: A True Story of Murder, Betrayal and Miscarried Justice. 61. Verneal Jimerson 62. Dennis Williams 63. Roberto Miranda 64. Gary Gauger 65. Troy Lee Jones 66. Carl Lawson 67. David Wayne Grannis 1997 68. Ricardo Aldape Guerra 69. Benjamin Harris 70. Robert Hayes 71. Christopher McCrimmon 72. Randall Padgett It is later revealed, through additional research by Prof. Samuel Gross of the University of Michigan, that though James Bo Cochran was acquitted of murder, he did plead guilty to a robbery charge in an agreement made with prosecutors prior to his release. Therefore, Cochran is no longer on the list of those exonerated from death row.[9] 1998 73. Robert Lee Miller, Jr. 74. Curtis Kyles. 1999 75. Shareef Cousin, Louisiana (Louisiana v. Cousin, 710 So. 2d 1065 (1998)). Convicted 1996. 76. Anthony Porter, Illinois. Convicted 1983. 77. Steven Smith 78. Ronald Williamson, Oklahoma. Convicted 1988. Along with Gregory R. Wilhoit, Williamson later became the inspiration for and subject of John Grishams 2006 non-fiction book The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town.[6] 79. Ronald Jones 80. Clarence Dexter, Jr. 81. Warren Douglas Manning 82. Alfred Rivera 2000–2009 2000 83. Steve Manning 84. Eric Clemmons 85. Joseph Nahume Green 86. Earl Washington, Virginia (pardoned). Convicted 1994 (1984, without life sentence). 87. William Nieves 88. Frank Lee Smith (died prior to exoneration) 89. Michael Graham 90. Albert Burrell 91. Oscar Lee Morris 2001 92. Peter Limone 93. Gary Drinkard 94. Joachin José Martínez 95. Jeremy Sheets 96. Charles Fain 2002 97. Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon, Florida. Convicted 1984. 98. Ray Krone, Arizona (State v. Krone, 897 P.2d 621 (Ariz. 1995) (en banc)). Convicted 1992. 99. Thomas Kimbell, Jr. 100. Larry Osborne 2003 101. Aaron Patterson 102. Madison Hobley 103. Leroy Orange 104. Stanley Howard 105. Rudolph Holton 106. Lemuel Prion 107. Wesley Quick 108. John Thompson 109. Timothy Howard, Ohio. Convicted 1976. 110. Gary Lamar James, Ohio. Convicted 1976. 111. Joseph Amrine. 112. Nicholas Yarris, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania v. Yarris, No 690-OF1982, Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, September 3, 2003. Order vacating conviction). Convicted 1982. 2004 113. Alan Gell 114. Gordon Steidl 115. Laurence Adams 116. Dan L. Bright 117. Ryan Matthews 118. Ernest Ray Willis 2005 119. Derrick Jamison 120. Harold Wilson 2006 121. John Ballard 2007 122. Curtis McCarty 123. Michael McCormick 124. Jonathon Hoffman 2008 125. Kennedy Brewer Mississippi. Convicted 1995. 126. Glen Edward Chapman, North Carolina. Convicted 1995. 127. Levon Bo Jones,[10] North Carolina. Convicted 1993. 128. Michael Blair, Texas. 2009 129. Nathson Fields, Illinois. Convicted 1986. 130. Paul House, Tennessee. Convicted 1986. 131. Daniel Wade Moore, Alabama. Convicted 2002. 132. Ronald Kitchen, Illinois. Convicted 1988. 133. Herman Lindsey, Florida. Convicted 2006. 134. Michael Toney, Texas. Convicted 1999. (Toney later died in a car accident on October 3, 2009, just one month and a day after his exoneration.)[11] 135. Yancy Douglas, Oklahoma. Convicted 1997. 136. Paris Powell, Oklahoma. Convicted 1997. 137. Robert Springsteen, Texas. Convicted 2001. 2010–2013 2010 138. Joe DAmbrosio, Ohio. Convicted 1989. (While he was freed in 2010, but not yet exonerated, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the state of Ohio challenging the unconditional writ of habeas corpus and bar to DAmbrosios re-prosecution on January 23, 2012, nearly 2 years later, making DAmbrosio the 140th death row exoneree since 1973.[12]) 139. Anthony Graves, Texas. Convicted 1994. 2011 140. Gussie Vann, Tennessee. Convicted 1994. 2012 141. Damon Thibodeaux, Louisiana. Convicted 1997. 142. Seth Penalver, Florida. Convicted 1994. 2013 143. Reginald Griffin, Missouri. Convicted 1983.
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