Comment by oldbbsnickname

Illinois had to abolish its death penalty after they discovered that they likely executed a dozen innocent people.

Arkansas executed an innocent person. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/us/ledell-lee-dna-testing...

By contrast, someone innocent where DNA evidence was available but untested for 21 years and was left to languish in prison. If the death penalty had been applied, there's no "undo" button.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l-man-wrongly-imprisone...