# Should executions be performed in the same way the murderer did it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-executions-be-performed-in-the-same-way-the-murderer-did-it/645429>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 28, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-executions-be-performed-in-the-same-way-the-murderer-did-it/645429 "2012-12-28T21:53:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-executions-be-performed-in-the-same-way-the-murderer-did-it/645429/41 "2013-01-03T17:42:57Z")

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Only a small fraction of death penalty cases involve DNA evidence. These exonerations prove the courts get it wrong with unacceptable frequency. The poor devils falsely imprisoned on death row with the misfortune to be without DNA evidence to test will always be a compelling argument against the death penalty.

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