USA. “I STILL SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY”, BUSH

in a news conference President Bush urged stated his support for the death penalty. The following is a transcript of his remarks:
Q: Mr. President, your administration recently called on the Texas courts to review some death penalty cases down there.
BUSH: Yes.
Q: And during your State of the Union, you talked about the importance of DNA evidence, and you talked about the possibility that maybe there were inequities in the system and the lawyers that represent death row inmates.
I'm wondering if this represents a change in your feelings about the death penalty since you were governor of Texas? And if there are the possibilities -- the possibilities exist of problems, why not call for a moratorium?
BUSH: No, I still support the death penalty, and I think it's a deterrent to crime. But I want to make sure obviously that those subject to the death penalty are truly guilty. And that's why I talked about what I talked about and why I made the decision I made.
I think regardless of your position on the issue, one of the things we've got to make sure is that we use, in this case, technology, DNA technologies, to make sure that we're absolutely certain about the innocence or guilt of a person accused.