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   From: drp@drproctor.com   
      
   On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:22:43 GMT, "Ken [NY)"    
   wrote:   
      
   >	It's difficult for someone to provide proof that no innocent   
   >person was ever executed in the US because it is of course difficult   
   >to prove a negative.   
      
          It is not "difficult" to prove a negative,  it is logically   
   _impossible_ to prove a negative.   So this business about nobody   
   having proved the innocence of some executed person is just a straw   
   arguement,  though technically true.   
      
         The best that formal logic allows is to prove a small   
   possibility.        This is why "proof" in a court of law is stated in   
   terms of  "reasonable probability" and "beyond a reasonable doubt",   
   etc..   
      
    But it should be quite easy for you to provide a   
   >cite naming someone who was, if it has happened.   
   >	But I did find the below:   
      
   I personally have been involved in such cases... ( see elsewhere on   
   this thread ).   
      
   Dr P   
      
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