Having lived in New York City I am familiar with corrupt police. Mayor Giuliani and the NYC Police department have done a good job of weeding out the bad cops. Some crooked police have admitted working for drug bosses and lying to convict innocent people. Having watched national cases such as the O. J. Show we have seen first hand that bumbling police and criminalists can effect the outcome of a trial. Ditto for the JonBenet Ramsey story.
Some prosecutors are more concerned with getting a guilty verdict than convicting the right person.
It is time to rethink the death penalty. A person s life should no longer be decided by a jury that has only the facts as given by witnesses, police and a prosecutor. We now have conclusive evidence that witnesses, police and prosecutors are often not trust worthy enough to decide the fate of a life. Modern science now provides DNA testing. Fingerprints revolutionized the court system in determining the guilty.