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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2671122" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>Here's the deal--I've never said that the state of Oklahoma hasn't executed an innocent person, so I don't have to defend that position. What I HAVE said is that death penalty opponents claim that we HAVE executed innocent people (some claiming that it happens every year), yet they provide no actual proof that it has happened. They resort to the same tired old "well, if you believe that the state can't make a mistake, you're a fool" rhetoric, and still do not provide any actual evidence to support their supposition.</p><p></p><p>So far, the closest I've seen has been Bob's post, which actually links to information about claimed (or at least possible) executions of people who didn't commit the crimes. </p><p></p><p>In short, I'm tired of being told "you KNOW it has happened" when, in fact, I do NOT "know" that it has happened, and I'm really tired of seeing that propaganda go unchallenged, so put up or shut up. Name one person Oklahoma has executed in the last forty years for a crime for which he was later exonerated, or stop claiming that Oklahoma has executed innocent people. It's really that simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2671122, member: 26737"] Here's the deal--I've never said that the state of Oklahoma hasn't executed an innocent person, so I don't have to defend that position. What I HAVE said is that death penalty opponents claim that we HAVE executed innocent people (some claiming that it happens every year), yet they provide no actual proof that it has happened. They resort to the same tired old "well, if you believe that the state can't make a mistake, you're a fool" rhetoric, and still do not provide any actual evidence to support their supposition. So far, the closest I've seen has been Bob's post, which actually links to information about claimed (or at least possible) executions of people who didn't commit the crimes. In short, I'm tired of being told "you KNOW it has happened" when, in fact, I do NOT "know" that it has happened, and I'm really tired of seeing that propaganda go unchallenged, so put up or shut up. Name one person Oklahoma has executed in the last forty years for a crime for which he was later exonerated, or stop claiming that Oklahoma has executed innocent people. It's really that simple. [/QUOTE]
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