I hope you aren't saying that no innocent person has ever been given the death penalty.

American Civil Liberties Union : Death Penalty 101
"Since 1976, 123 death-row prisoners have been released because they were innocent. In addition, at least seven people have been executed since 1976 even though they were probably innocent."

So, it's not a holy grail, something that may never be "found." It's not a case of we MAY at some point in the future execute an innocent person. The grail has already been "found," perhaps as many as seven times. And there are 123 documented "near-miss" cases.

OK, I can imagine you rolling your eyes at this, and planning to say unkind things about the ACLU. But let's put that aside.

Imagine that only ONE of the seven people mentioned above was innocent, but executed anyway. Just one. That seems reasonably likely, given the ACLU has documented seven cases where this most likely happened.

Are you OK with that? Put another way, in your view, is the death penalty worth keeping if one innocent person has been executed because of it?

I'd prefer a simple "yes" or "no," if you please.