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Justice O'Connor Again Voices Concern About Innocence

At the Nebraska State Bar Association's annual meeting, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor expressed her concern about the possibility of executing the innocent and the need for better representation of indigent defendants.  O'Connor stated, "More often than we want to recognize, some innocent defendants have been convicted and sentenced to death."  She  added that that would continue to happen unless indigent defendants were represented by qualified lawyers.

      Earlier this year, O'Connor expressed similar concerns about executing the innocent while speaking to the Minnesota Women Lawyers' Group.