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Is at stake, this should be the norm, but in so many places, across so many states, it's not the norm. rather, the norm is for actors within the legal system, prosecutors, judges, to resist conducting dna testing in these cases. it's a trend that has got to be reversed. you know, to date, we've had 185 innocent people be exonerated off death rows across the country. it's a staggering number. for every eight people that we execute, we exonerate one person off death row. i mean, imagine if, you know, if this was the rate of error when it comes to parking tickets, we'd be outraged, let alone matt...

From new york, this is abc news. >> good evening. the supreme court ruled today that there is nothing unconstitutional in the death penalty. >> the court says the death penalty is an expression of society's moral outrage at particular crimes. >> in the 1970s, we had a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. the u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. eventually, 1976, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems that...

For anyone. is my life worth living or isn't it? >> whether he would ultimately face capital punishment was uncertain. california has over 700 inmates on death row. they're far more likely to die of suicide or old age. the state has not executed anyone in over a decade. in fact, the governor just ordered the state's execution chamber to be closed. >> remember, andrew urdiales was a professional death row inmate. he'd been on death row in illinois for years and years and years. and san quentin of the death rows in america, it's not bad. they get their own cell, they get tv. depression was not a...

Society's moral outrage at particular crimes. >> in the 1970s, we had a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. the u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. eventually, 1976, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems that the people of utah, they want the death penalty but they don't want executions. i took them literal and serious when they sentenced me to death. >> his crimes were not especially extreme. it was t...

Penalty. >> the court says the death penalty is an expression of society's moral outrage at particular crimes. >> in the 1970s, we had a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. the u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. eventually in 1976, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems that the people of utah, they want the death penalty but they don't want executions. i took them literal and serious when they sentenc...