Death Penalty

Seems like we should have heard about this before now. Colin Woodard at The Washington Monthly writes:

Last week, the American Bar Association urged Kentucky to indefinitely suspend executions, after its researchers found that 50 of the 78 people who’ve received death sentences there later had their convictions overturned on appeal. Trial attorneys for ten of these falsely convicted persons have since been disbarred, at least five of them for conduct related to the capital cases, the ABA reported.

The optimist will say, "Hey, the system works!"

I guess I'm not an optimist. Just because your conviction has been overturned, doesn't mean you didn't do it. But, still ....