You know Lilo, I've concluded that one glandular characteristic of conservatives is their passionate desire to avoid complications. Although most of us would like an uncomplicated life, conservatives want it so much that they are even willing to deny reality. A conservative's view of the justice system is simply procedural: the procedures were followed, so leave it at that even if the wrong person is executed. That's why you don't find conservatives flocking to support the Innocence Project or similar efforts to address system injustices.
For all the hand-wringing about some innocent person accidentally being executed, I have yet to see an actual example.
Furthermore, I get the feeling even if capital punishment was limited to only cases where the evidence was incontrovertible, the same crowd would still be against it. It's the death penalty
in general they're against. Not just the possibility of executing someone who's innocent. That's often just a smokescreen argument.
