Another interesting example of how the existence of the ultimate remedy - the death penalty - makes errors in sentencing more likely, not less: the very story line of that excellent movie from 1988, "The Thin Blue Line." Here's what the jury forewoman in Texas thinks now, AFTER THE EXECUTION:
"We did the best we could with the information we had, but with a little extra work, a little extra effort, maybe we'd have gotten the right information," said Miriam Ward, forewoman of the jury that convicted Cantu. "The bottom line is, an innocent person was put to death for it. We all have our finger in that."
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