At the Nebraska State Bar Association's annual meeting, U

At the Nebraska State Bar Association's annual meeting, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor expressed her concern about the possibility of executing the innocent and the need for better representation of indigent defendants. O'Connor stated, "More often than we want to recognize, some innocent defendants have been convicted and sentenced to death." On july 2, O'Connor expressed similar concerns about executing the innocent while speaking to the Minnesota Women Lawyers' Group.