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Capital Punisment Moratorium

Capital Punishment
For twelve years Randall Adams was convicted and imprisoned for a murder he did not commit. Randall was charged for the killing of a police officer in Dallas, Texas, and, after a false testimony by a 16-year-old, was found guilty (Warnick). It was only seventy-two hours before his scheduled execution that was he found not guilty because of the work of Errol Morris, a movie director. Through interviews with police officers and court officials, Morris was able to note many contradictions. Enough that the State of Texas re-opened the case and found Adams not guilty and released him from prison (Silverman 4).
There are many other stories like Randall’s where innocent people have been sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. Randall’s story is wonderful because he is eventually released. However, not every innocent man is lucky enough to be set free. Even though capital punishment was outlawed at the national level in 1968 it was re-instated in 1976...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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