The system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed. [...] After 20 years on the high court, I have to acknowledge that serious questions are being raised about whether the death penalty is being fairly administered in this country.
Russ Feingold: “The system may well be allowing some innocent defendants to be executed. [...] After 20 years on the high court, I have…”
On the recordJuly 10, 2001
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Discussing concerns about the fairness of the death penalty as expressed by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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