It has been proven a dozen innocent people have been put to death, and there are many more on death row that are innocent, but the government is unwilling to allow the evidence to come forward so they can get out of jail.
Most of the time the death sentence will be tossed out but they they get life in jail. Even if all evidence proves they were completely innocent.
I want really bad people to pay for their crimes, but we still need to do the right thing for those wrongly convicted.