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title: 'NYC Mayor Restates Concerns About Innocence, Opposition to the Death Penalty'
description: 'New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican, reiterated his opposition to capital punishment. Bloomberg noted, “The death penalty I’ve always had…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/nyc-mayor-restates-concerns-about-innocence-opposition-to-the-death-penalty'
section: news
date: '2003-08-06T15:37:00-04:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:23:12-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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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](/innocence-and-death-penalty?did=412&scid=6) and [New Voices](/new-voices?did=482&scid=16).