Exonerated

Just this last weekend I went to see the production of Exonerated at Riverside Studios. I thought it was a very powerful production until discussion with others who had also attended the show. They too, felt it was quite good - but apparently it did not speak to them about the difficulty of applying the death penalty. It did not change minds, it did not even seem to cause them to question.

How can you be moved by the execution of an innocent man, the loss of many years on deathrow by 6 others who were later proved innocent, and not even question the use of the death penalty. I guess it is like so much else, the show was speaking to those who already agreed with it.

That same day, the London Times had an article that a Chinese city was going to begin using the death penalty against purse snatchers.

The following day was a story about beginning to give bonuses to Prosecutors who win their cases - pay for performance. This is not the same as paying prosecutors for getting it right.

Where is the logic?