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4. Justice Scalia Says Executing The Innocent Doesn't Violate The Constitution

Sun Jun 29, 2025, 11:18 AM

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https://www.businessinsider.com/antonin-scalia-says-executing-the-innocent-is-constitutional-2014-9
Justice Scalia Says Executing The Innocent Doesn't Violate The Constitution
By Corey Adwar
Sep 4, 2014, 4:00 PM CT

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/09/henry-lee-mccollum-cleared-by-dna-evidence-in-north-carolina-after-spending-30-years-on-death-row.html
A Horrifying Miscarriage of Justice in North Carolina
How many times was Justice Antonin Scalia wrong about Henry Lee McCollum and the death penalty?
By Dahlia Lithwick
Sept 03, 2014 5:37 PM

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Due process? Apparently not in Texas. [View all] marmar Jun 2025 OP

Didn't SCOTUS already do this in another case ? eppur_se_muova Jun 2025 #2

Scalia clamored for the execution of a defendant . . . John1956PA Jun 2025 #3

What an absolute horror to inflict on anyone. Disaffected Jun 2025 #5

The problem with the death penalty is that it can be multigraincracker Jun 2025 #6