The process is certainly long enough that you'd think there would be enough safeguards in place, but obviously they aren't. On top of that, there's your pesky "if done properly", which isn't always the case - some go horribly wrong. Prisoners are set free from death row based on DNA evidence, etc. We'll never know how many innocent people have been executed by the U.S. justice system over the past 200+ years because evidence is routinely destroyed after executions to prevent re-examination.

John Grisham has written one non-fiction book, you might check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/Innocent-Man-J...3080089&sr=1-1

The title is inaccurate because the book actually describes the miraculous release of two innocent men from death row.

Here's some more entertaining reading:

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...70/1023/NEWS07

<font color="#CC6600"><font size="3">[ October 03, 2008 08:35 PM: Message edited by: Earl Washington ]</font></font>

<font color="#CC6600" size="1">[ October 03, 2008 09:21 PM: Message edited by: LanDroid ]</font>