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To: one_less who wrote (81536)	6/12/2000 4:02:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Actually, most of them got a retrial, often on a lesser (non- capital) charge. Only a handful were freed.........

To: one_less who wrote (81536)	6/12/2000 4:46:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<The research and comments around it make it sound like two-thirds of these criminals were actually innocent. I smell an agenda.>> There has been a push for doing away with the death penalty. It got a big help from Illinois Governor Ryan since he's put a hold on Illinois executions. Then again Illinois turned loose more people from death row last year than were executed. Seems like the Chicago cops and the Cook County DA had been playing fast and loose with some evidence. As far as successful appeals, that doesn't mean 2/3 have been turned loose. You can win an appeal but stay locked up.