The Contract On America
April, 1995
In the past two decades almost 3000 Americans have been sentenced to death by state courts. Of these, 254 have been executed. And about 50 death row inmates have been found innocent and were released before the state could get them down the last corridor.Capital punishment is costly, cruel and unjust. But damn, is it popular.Last summer Congress passed a federal crime bill that created almost 60 new capital crimes. And the GOP has promised to start executing citizens with zealous efficiency (tha...
