Putting the Death Penalty On Trial
Nine hundred and seventy-two men and women have been executed in states with the death penalty since 1976. Last month one of them, Larry Griffin of St. Louis, got a chance at a post-mortem reprieve.Found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, he could soon be found innocent beyond the grave. Missouri killed him by lethal injection at the Potosi Correctional Center in 1995.
This remarkable case bears watching. It could not only affect the 52 inmates currently on death row in Missouri, but all 3,415 death row inmates in the nation.
Read the Centre Daily Article.
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