Because I believe that we should only be executing deserving people, I’ve long supported free DNA tests for anybody on death row who wants them. If they prove innocence, that’s great news. But the fact is lots of people on death row don’t want DNA tests – because they would confirm guilt, not prove innocence. The media has been particularly bad when it comes to reporting about DNA exonerations because it would be so easy to point out that the people not exonerated deserve the death penalty. Anyway, Ron Bailey — who originally convinced me on this point — has written about DNA tests here: .