>>>http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/justice/louisiana-inmate-exonerated/index.html?hpt=ju_c2
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>>>Since 2000, six people have been released from Louisiana's death row after being exonerated; in that time, three people have been executed. Surely people will wake up someday.
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>>That's what happened in Illinois. George Ryan was not a great governor (we have a rich tradition of rotten and/or incarcerated governors here in Illinois) but he deserves a tip of the hat for banning state executions, a ban that still stands.
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>Yes I recall when all that was going on. You'd think that seeing how some of these states are actually releasing twice as many guys from death row because they found out they were innocent as they are executing that the public would demand a halt to the practice.
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>>I know I have been running off at the mouth about "The West Wing" lately. Have you watched it? Brilliant show. I am already watching it the second time through and rewatched a great episode from the first season yesterday which was focused on the death penalty. No spoilers. It's called "Take This Sabbath Day." It's not a spoiler to say the guy who played Richie Aprile on "The Sopranos" has a cameo role as a rabbi.
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>Never seen it. Since I've been living in Hawaii the amount of time I spend watching TV has diminished greatly...hahaha. I try to catch the evening news each night for the surf report and besides the occasional football game (assuming I'm actually awake at 7am on a Sunday) I really don't watch much.

Understood. You have a very good excuse ;-)