In his essay, “The Death Penalty: Is it Ever Justified”, the longtime democratic and former mayor of New York Edward Koch refutes the idea that death penalty should be removed due to the possibility of an innocent suspect. To counter, Koch explains that states, “Human life deserves special protection, and one of the best ways to guarantee protection is to assure that convicted murderers do not kill again”. He goes on by adding that administering the death penalty is the only guaranteed solution. While killing these people does assure they will not commit murder again, the idea that an innocent citizen could be wrongly accused and receive the death penalty is an abhorrent thought. Once a citizen is executed, if more information is discovered
