To clarify, and especially in context of this article:
1. A person has to ~~commit and~~ be convicted of, and sentenced for a (potentially) capital crime. 2. That person has to escape from their final prison. 3. That person must then ~~commit, and~~ be convicted of another capital crime
Of course if a person remorselessly commits a capital crime it changes a lot of things. But one big problem is that justice system can't reliably always determine who committed the crime (or was it committed at all).
And a good criticism to my concept is that if a person is falsely convicted of one heinous crime, then escapes and is accused of some other heinous crime, the original conviction would likely be used as evidence towards motive and means.
I'm not sure of a good solution to that problem, although it would certainly shrink the number of executions of innocent people, it would not completely eliminate them.
1. A person has to ~~commit and~~ be convicted of, and sentenced for a (potentially) capital crime. 2. That person has to escape from their final prison. 3. That person must then ~~commit, and~~ be convicted of another capital crime
Of course if a person remorselessly commits a capital crime it changes a lot of things. But one big problem is that justice system can't reliably always determine who committed the crime (or was it committed at all).