Would you ever grant clemency to someone on death row?

[opebo]

I would always grant clemency to anyone on death row.

[opebo]

Another problem concerning the death penalty is that it, like other criminal offenses, is related to poverty. Most of the people on death row are poor, partly because higher crime rates come with poverty, but also because poorer people can't afford qualified lawyers.

I would have to disagree.  Even in the direst times, there is no reason to resort to killing an innocent person.

Of course there is, MODU.  By doing so one can get money, etc.   

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I'm not sure what you're trying to say here MODU.  That there is invariably an intermediary step between poverty and murder, and that is 'gang' membership?  In many cases I feel sure the poor, in their desperation, murder even without the benefit of such a fraternal organization.