nwide and only 31 were executed ( Monk,255).
             In the United States the state of Texas has the most inmates on death row, exceeding more than 300. Texas only executes one for every four that are sentenced to death. In America the ratio is only one for every twenty sentenced to die ( Monk, 255) Even retired Justice Lewis Powell thinks that the death penalty is a waste of time. " 'I have come to think that Capitol Punishment should be abolished.' 'The death penalty' " brings discredit on the whole legal system,' 'Powell said, because the vast majority of death sentences are never carried out" ( Monk, 265).
             On an evening in October of 1973 a man named James Curtis "Doug" McCray raped and beat to death a women jogger. A hand print of blood matched McCray's and proved his guilt. McCray on the other hand had no recollection of the murder. McCray suffered from epilepsy, a type called temporal lobe seizure disorder. This type of epilepsy causes violent blackout and can be triggered by alcohol. This was not brought to the jury's attention nor was it research properly. The jury sentenced him to life in prison but the judge overturned the sentence and gave him the death penalty. After a series of appeals, in May of 1991 his sentence was overturned again and he was sentenced to life in prison. This is an example of wh
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