Why Death-Penalty Opponents Can’t Win

On Wednesday, two men were lawfully executed. Both insisted they were innocent. If you’ve been watching the news or following Kim Kardashian’s tweets, you’ve likely heard of one of these men, Troy Davis.

The other death-penalty “victim,” Lawrence Russell Brewer, was until this week the more significant convicted murderer. Brewer was one of the racist goons who infamously tied James Byrd to the back of their truck and dragged him to death in Texas.

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