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The history of crimes in the United States are impacted by capital punishment. In some cases, people are accused of a crime they didn't commit. The police sometimes arrest people who happen to be at the crime after the people involved have fled. When the innocent is arrested by the police, he or she will not say anything to the police about them not committing the crime. This is because they don't have any evidence that can prove them innocent. The quote, "Seeing is believing", definitely fits the personality of a police officer when investigating at a crime scene. This often leads to the imprisonment of the innocent people for many years due to the government's misconception.

In the history of the United States, there has been many cases in which the innocent person is executed. For example, Texas has done something in this decade at which the local community are impacted. On February 17, 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham was executed for arson/murder. He professed his innocence from his arrest until he was strapped down on the execution gurney. Now, we know for certain that he was telling the truth. On August 25, 2009, Dr Craig Beyler, the investigator hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review the Willingham case, released his report in which he found that “a finding of arson could not be sustained." He concluded that the fire in the Willingham case was accidental and not arson. In fact, there was no arson, so there was no crime. Texas executed an innocent person. The proven execution of an innocent person should mean the end of the death penalty in the United States.