f murder, was sentenced to death. Of these cases, there were people who have been proven innocent after the person was executed. A good example of this type of situtation happened in 1990 when Jesse Tafero was executed in Florida for murdering a state trooper. His wife, Sonia Jacobs was also sentenced to the death penalty but was later reduced on an appeal to life imprisonment, 11 years later her convictions were vacated by federal court. Even though Jesse and Sonia's conviction was the same, it was all due to an ex-convict who turned in evidence that help prove the couple was guilty which led one of them to be penalized with death. The ex convict who turned state witness testified against the couple so the ex convict could avoid the death penalty. If he were alive in 1992, he would have been released with his wife. Another example of such cases happened in 1992 when Roger Coleman was executed in Virginia even though another person was suspected as the murder because there was evidence that was never summated to his trial. In court, the jury did not take anyone seriously until late in the appeal process, when they found out he or she was about to kill an innocent man. Even though they tried to delay and stop the execution it was to late. Eventually the case was cleared, and he was later proven innocent. These cases clear prove that the death penalty is an irreversible process that has flaws and errors with in the system and has in fact executed innocent persons not responsible with murders they were tried for.The death penalty was never a more economical alternative than life imprisonment. If anything, it is more expensive. In fact, not only is the death penalty expensive, it is always more expensive to execute some one than it is to put them for life imprisonment. The state of Florida has one of the nations most populous death row. It was estimated that to execute one criminal, it would cost them 3.2 million dollars. This is SIX times ...
