1.   Any wrongful execution is constitutionally repugnant and erosive of the core values of justice in the United States.

2.   A system so shot through with mistakes, even malfeasance, is all too likely to have carried out wrongful executions.

3.   For decades, death penalty abolitionists have raised the specter of wrongful execution.

4.   Opponents argued that the bill lacked important safeguards against unfair trials and wrongful executions.

5.   The Coleman case is often cited by the American Civil Liberties Union and other foes of capital punishment as a wrongful execution.

6.   The Globe saw the Felker case as one in which forensic evidence might be available to test the theory that there have been wrongful executions.

7.   The young coal miner professed his innocence until he died, and his case is cited worldwide by foes of capital punishment as proof that wrongful executions occur.

8.   Wrongful executions, trust me, have already occurred.