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Good news/bad news on the exoneration front

By Matthew Dicks | April 9, 2018 |

Good news: Lawrence McKinney, 61, jailed for 31 years for a crime he did not commit – rape and burglary – has been awarded one million dollars in compensation from the state of Tennessee. A decidedly different outcome from Lamont McIntyre’s fate, who I wrote about a couple weeks ago. Bad news: It wasn’t easy. And…

There are many reasons why the death penalty should be abolished. But one reason should be reason enough.

By Matthew Dicks | July 4, 2014 |

Will Saletan lists six reasons why support for capital punishment is evaporating in the United States. All six are perfectly valid, and I actually agree with all of them, but really, there’s only one that matters: Innocence. Since 1973, 144 death row inmates have been exonerated of their crimes. It’s impossible to think that the…