Quote Originally Posted by BeefStew25 View Post
With DNA testing I think it's getting better.
It is getting better - but there is a lot of evidence in regards to doctored up and falsified tests coming back. A lot of the forensic labs are also tied to police departments and that conflict of interest is pretty obvious.

It also does nothing to deter crime, the largest predictor of who gets the death penalty is the race of the victim. It costs so much money, and the state can't undue it. The justification for the death penalty is essentially that we're angry and we want to kill them. There's no actual logistical benefit to doing so.