New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican, reiterated his opposition to capital punishment. Bloomberg noted, “The death penalty I’ve always had a problem with, because too many times in the past you’ve seen innocent people incarcerated and, tragically, every once in a while they’ve been executed. And until you can show me that the process never would ever convict somebody that later on we find out was innocent of a crime, murder is murder no matter who does it, and I think we as a society can afford to incarcerate people.” (New York Times, July 31, 2003). See Innocence and New Voices.
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NYC Mayor Restates Concerns About Innocence, Opposition to the Death Penalty
Posted on Aug 06, 2003