I'm not exactly sure what the ad was supposed to convince me of, I suppose it would be not having a death penalty, so that's what my journal will be about.
ACLU,
I have read your ad on Modern Science and the death penalty, and although your argument has valid points, I have to disagree with the overall view. I agree with the fact that the system is flawed in some ways, but to get rid of the death penalty for a few mistakes is unrealistic. In your ad, it was mentioned that 17 were freed due to the advancements of science , and 23 were proven to be killed unlawfully. No where in your ad did it say how many were rightfully convicted and sentenced to death for the heinous crime that they committed. Nor did it did not state how many cases DNA proved people already behind bars were rightfully convicted. Studies have shown that those rightfully convicted outweigh those that weren't. Even though the justice system isn't perfect, the advancement of Modern Science is more of a help to convict and punish the right people, than it frees those who aren't . Therefore, your argument that the death penalty is a civil injustice because of the sheer number of those wrongly convicted becomes obsolete compared to those that weren't.
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