Petitions for Life: Executive Clemency in Missouri Death Penalty Cases
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Because the death penalty is the ultimate penalty, the question of whether guilty persons are being fairly convicted and appropriately sentenced claims the attention of the public and legal communities alike. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, 87 people have been released from death row, wrongfully convicted of capital murder. 2 In January of 2000, Republican and pro-death penalty advocate Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium for Illinois' execution machinery after thirteen persons had been found innocent of their crime and twelve persons had been executed.3 The governor was troubled by the numerous errors and was concerned that an innocent person could be executed.4 He appointed a commission to provide recommendations to correct the problems.' Numerous state legislatures also considered moratorium legislation. On September 21, 2000, Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. introduced a bill to impose a minimum seven-year moratorium on all
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