Will Lose Sleep Over This!

I do not know how to begin with this post. This will probably be one of the completely serious posts that I will ever compose. I was researching this out of curiosity and came across a sleep depriving fact.  As of February 8 2008, there have been 127 exonerations of individuals from the death penalty.  

Wow.   I admit, I did not think that this was true, because every time I asked someone to give me a name of an exonerated death row convict, they only responded with the standard 'uh...'.  But, I came across this fact at the deathpenaltyinfo.org website.  

For me, this is enough reason to abolish the death penalty.  I will gladly pardon the execution of all the rapists, murders, and all around 'bad dudes' if it means the possibility of saving one innocent person.  Life in solitary confiment is more than enough punishment for me now.  

NR*	NAME	ST	RACE	CONVICTED	EXONERATED	YEARS BETWEEN	REASON	DNA **
1	David Keaton	FL	B	1971	1973	2	Charges Dismissed
2	Samuel A. Poole	NC	B	1973	1974	1	Charges Dismissed
3	Wilbert Lee	FL	B	1963	1975	12	Pardoned
4	Freddie Pitts	FL	B	1963	1975	12	Pardoned
5	James Creamer	GA	W	1973	1975	2	Charges Dismissed
6	Christopher Spicer	NC	B	1973	1975	2	Acquitted
7	Thomas Gladish	NM	W	1974	1976	2	Charges Dismissed
8	Richard Greer	NM	W	1974	1976	2	Charges Dismissed
9	Ronald Keine	NM	W	1974	1976	2	Charges Dismissed
10	Clarence Smith	NM	W	1974	1976	2	Charges Dismissed
11	Delbert Tibbs	FL	B	1974	1977	3	Charges Dismissed
12	Earl Charles	GA	B	1975	1978	3	Charges Dismissed
13	Jonathan Treadway	AZ	W	1975	1978	3	Acquitted
14	Gary Beeman	OH	W	1976	1979	3	Acquitted
15	Jerry Banks	GA	B	1975	1980	5	Charges Dismissed
16	Larry Hicks	IN	B	1978	1980	2	Acquitted
17	Charles Ray Giddens	OK	B	1978	1981	3	Charges Dismissed
18	Michael Linder	SC	W	1979	1981	2	Acquitted
19	Johnny Ross	LA	B	1975	1981	6	Charges Dismissed
20	Ernest (Shuhaa) Graham	CA	B	1976	1981	5	Acquitted
21	Annibal Jaramillo	FL	L	1981	1982	1	Charges Dismissed
22	Lawyer Johnson	MA	B	1971	1982	11	Charges Dismissed
23	Larry Fisher	MS	W	1984	1985	1	Acquitted
24	Anthony Brown	FL	B	1983	1986	3	Acquitted
25	Neil Ferber	PA	W	1982	1986	4	Charges Dismissed
26	Clifford Henry Bowen	OK	W	1981	1986	5	Charges Dismissed
27	Joseph Green Brown	FL	B	1974	1987	13	Charges Dismissed
28	Perry Cobb	IL	B	1979	1987	8	Acquitted
29	Darby (Williams) Tillis	IL	B	1979	1987	8	Acquitted
30	Vernon McManus	TX	W	1977	1987	10	Charges Dismissed
31	Anthony Ray Peek	FL	B	1978	1987	9	Acquitted
32	Juan Ramos	FL	L	1983	1987	4	Acquitted
33	Robert Wallace	GA	B	1980	1987	7	Acquitted
34	Richard Neal Jones	OK	W	1983	1987	4	Acquitted
35	Willie Brown	FL	B	1983	1988	5	Charges Dismissed
36	Larry Troy	FL	B	1983	1988	5	Charges Dismissed
37	Randall Dale Adams	TX	W	1977	1989	12	Charges Dismissed
38	Robert Cox	FL	W	1988	1989	1	Charges Dismissed
39	Timothy Hennis	NC	W	1986	1989	3	Acquitted
40	James Richardson	FL	B	1968	1989	21	Acquitted
41	Clarence Brandley	TX	B	1981	1990	9	Charges Dismissed
42	John C. Skelton	TX	W	1983	1990	7	Acquitted
43	Dale Johnston	OH	W	1984	1990	6	Charges Dismissed
44	Jimmy Lee Mathers	AZ	W	1987	1990	3	Acquitted
45	Gary Nelson	GA	B	1980	1991	11	Charges Dismissed
46	Bradley P. Scott	FL	W	1988	1991	3	Acquitted
47	Charles Smith	IN	B	1983	1991	8	Acquitted
48	Jay C. Smith	PA	W	1986	1992	6	Acquitted
49	Kirk Bloodsworth	MD	W	1984	1993	9	Charges Dismissed	Yes
50	Federico M. Macias	TX	L	1984	1993	9	Charges Dismissed
51	Walter McMillian	AL	B	1988	1993	5	Charges Dismissed
52	Gregory R. Wilhoit	OK	W	1987	1993	6	Acquitted
53	James Robison	AZ	W	1977	1993	16	Acquitted
54	Muneer Deeb	TX	O	1985	1993	8	Acquitted
55	Andrew Golden	FL	W	1991	1994	3	Charges Dismissed
56	Adolph Munson	OK	B	1985	1995	10	Acquitted
57	Robert Charles Cruz	AZ	L	1981	1995	14	Acquitted
58	Rolando Cruz	IL	L	1985	1995	10	Acquitted	Yes
59	Alejandro Hernandez	IL	L	1985	1995	10	Charges Dismissed	Yes
60	Sabrina Butler	MS	B	1990	1995	5	Acquitted
61	Joseph Burrows	IL	W	1989	1996	7	Charges Dismissed
62	Verneal Jimerson	IL	B	1985	1996	11	Charges Dismissed	Yes
63	Dennis Williams	IL	B	1979	1996	17	Charges Dismissed	Yes
64	Roberto Miranda	NV	L	1982	1996	14	Charges Dismissed
65	Gary Gauger	IL	W	1993	1996	3	Charges Dismissed
66	Troy Lee Jones	CA	B	1982	1996	14	Charges Dismissed
67	Carl Lawson	IL	B	1990	1996	6	Acquitted
68	David Wayne Grannis	AZ	W	1991	1996	5	Charges Dismissed
69	Ricardo Aldape Guerra	TX	L	1982	1997	15	Charges Dismissed
70	Benjamin Harris	WA	B	1985	1997	12	Charges Dismissed
71	Robert Hayes	FL	B	1991	1997	6	Acquitted
72	Christopher McCrimmon	AZ	B	1993	1997	4	Acquitted
73	Randall Padgett	AL	W	1992	1997	5	Acquitted
74	James Bo Cochran	AL	B	1976	1997	21	Acquitted
75	Robert Lee Miller, Jr.	OK	B	1988	1998	10	Charges Dismissed	Yes
76	Curtis Kyles	LA	B	1984	1998	14	Charges Dismissed
77	Shareef Cousin	LA	B	1996	1999	3	Charges Dismissed
78	Anthony Porter	IL	B	1983	1999	16	Charges Dismissed
79	Steven Smith	IL	B	1985	1999	14	Acquitted
80	Ronald Williamson	OK	W	1988	1999	11	Charges Dismissed	Yes
81	Ronald Jones	IL	B	1989	1999	10	Charges Dismissed	Yes
82	Clarence Dexter, Jr.	MO	W	1991	1999	8	Charges Dismissed
83	Warren Douglas Manning	SC	B	1989	1999	10	Acquitted
84	Alfred Rivera	NC	L	1997	1999	2	Charges Dismissed
85	Steve Manning	IL	W	1993	2000	7	Charges Dismissed
86	Eric Clemmons	MO	B	1987	2000	13	Acquitted
87	Joseph Nahume Green	FL	B	1993	2000	7	Charges Dismissed
88	Earl Washington	VA	B	1984	2000	16	Pardoned	Yes
89	William Nieves	PA	L	1994	2000	6	Acquitted
90	Frank Lee Smith -died prior to exoneration	FL	B	1986	2000 **	14	Charges Dismissed	Yes
91	Michael Graham	LA	W	1987	2000	13	Charges Dismissed
92	Albert Burrell	LA	W	1987	2000	13	Charges Dismissed
93	Oscar Lee Morris	CA	B	1983	2000	17	Charges Dismissed
94	Peter Limone	MA	W	1968	2001	33	Charges Dismissed
95	Gary Drinkard	AL	W	1995	2001	6	Charges Dismissed
96	Joaquin Jose Martinez	FL	L	1997	2001	4	Acquitted
97	Jeremy Sheets	NE	W	1997	2001	4	Charges Dismissed
98	Charles Fain	ID	W	1983	2001	18	Charges Dismissed	Yes
99	Juan Roberto Melendez	FL	L	1984	2002	18	Charges Dismissed
100	Ray Krone	AZ	W	1992	2002	10	Charges Dismissed	Yes
101	Thomas Kimbell, Jr.	PA	W	1998	2002	4	Acquitted
102	Larry Osborne	KY	W	1999	2002	3	Charges Dismissed
103	Aaron Patterson	IL	B	1986	2003	17	Pardoned
104	Madison Hobley	IL	B	1987	2003	16	Pardoned
105	Leroy Orange	IL	B	1984	2003	19	Pardoned
106	Stanley Howard	IL	B	1987	2003	16	Pardoned
107	Rudolph Holton	FL	B	1986	2003	16	Charges Dismissed
108	Lemuel Prion	AZ	W	1999	2003	4	Charges Dismissed
109	Wesley Quick	AL	W	1997	2003	6	Acquitted
110	John Thompson	LA	B	1985	2003	18	Acquitted
111	Timothy Howard	OH	B	1976	2003	26	Charges Dismissed
112	Gary Lamar James	OH	B	1976	2003	26	Charges Dismissed
113	Joseph Amrine	MO	B	1986	2003	17	Charges Dismissed
114	Nicholas Yarris	PA	W	1982	2003	21	Charges Dismissed	Yes
115	Alan Gell	NC	W	1998	2004	6	Acquitted
116	Gordon Steidl	IL	W	1987	2004	17	Charges Dismissed
117	Laurence Adams	MA	B	1974	2004	30	Charges Dismissed
118	Dan L. Bright	LA	B	1996	2004	8	Charges Dismissed
119	Ryan Matthews	LA	B	1999	2004	5	Charges Dismissed	Yes
120	Ernest Ray Willis	TX	W	1987	2004	17	Charges Dismissed
121	Derrick Jamison	OH	B	1985	2005	20	Charges Dismissed
122	Harold Wilson	PA	B	1989	2005	16	Acquitted
123	John Ballard	FL	W	2003	2006	3	Acquitted
124	Curtis McCarty	OK	W	1986	2007	21	Charges Dismissed	Yes
125	Michael McCormick	TN	W	1987	2007	20	Acquitted
126	Jonathon Hoffman	NC	B	1995	2007	12	Charges Dismissed
127	Kennedy Brewer	MS	B	1995	2007  (released on bail)	12	Charges Dismissed in 2008	Yes

*this table was taken from the deathpenaltyinfo.org

This is remarkable.