[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Eric

Capital punishment is not an answer to anything. Recently in Canada a man convicted in a 1969 sex slaying was released after serving 23 years for a crime he did not commit. Another, Guy Paul Morin, serving time for the rape and murder of a six year old girl was released after about six years, again the circumstantial evidence on which he was convicted was undermined by new evidence proving his innocence. One of the problems this causes is that the real perps are still walking the streets.

"One of the problems this causes is that the real perps are still walking the streets."

This is something which is so often overlooked. I've heard people say that we should just forget it if the crime happened long ago but the real criminal got away with it and somehow that makes me feel that the person wrongly imprisoned has been doubly punished for something they did not do.