[matwood]

What really sucks is killing someone that we find out later was not guilty. One of the many problems with the death penalty is that it's permanent.

[sokoloff]

Locking someone away wrongly for a year or twenty years is also permanent in that they can’t get that life/time back, even if they’re still alive when found not guilty. It’s just permanent and slightly smaller, but still a horrific theft IMO.

[matwood]

Agreed. I hope nothing in my original comment makes anyone think otherwise.

[sokoloff]

Not at all; I do think some people imagine "life without parole" is somehow safer or lower-risk than the death penalty.