Essays Tagged: "Kirk Bloodsworth"
Capital punishment.
ocent people get convicted of murder, and they get death sentence. For example in 1985 in Maryland, Kirk Bloodsworth was sentenced to death for rape and murder, despite the testimony of alibi witnesse ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
Capital Punishment, the road to a corrupt criminal justice system, must be abolished for the sake of society. The death penalty is unfair towards society members, such as tax payers, innocent people, and the criminal as well.
n wrongfully executed. There are indeed many documented reversals of this sort, such as the case of Kirk Bloodsworth. "In 1984, I was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murde ... eight years, eleven months, and nineteen days behind bars before DNA testing proved my innocence." (Kirk Bloodsworth, speaking at the USCCB Press Conference launching the Catholic Campaign to End the ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty