Re: Is the death penalty extropian?

Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Tue, 1 Dec 1998 07:41:52 -0800 (PST)

From: Paul Hughes <planetp@aci.net>

>John, can you explain to me why 1/3 of all convicted rapist turned
>out to be innocent (and subsequently released), when DNA evidence
>became available to acquit them? I'd say that is an astounding
>figure -

Me too. where did you get it?

By the way, now that DNA testing is available, I believe it should be used whereever possible to prove/disprove guilt.

Brian
Member,Extropy Institute
www.extropy.org