Ban the death penalty now. As much as I b*tch about my city's dearest mayor, he has this to say on the death penalty (NY hasn't used it for 50 years). I'm 100% in agreement with the man on that count:
Mike Bloomberg on Death Penalty - YouTube
And I hope the spirits of Carlos DeLuna and Cameron Willingham will haunt Texas' executioner for the rest of their life. It's interesting that more than a few hangmen have spoken out against the death penalty after they retired.
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Originally Posted by Botnst
Perfect is the enemy of good enough.
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How is killing innocent people "good enough?" At least two wrongful executions in Texas. About 50% of the people on Illinois' death row were found to have unsafe convictions before Ryan cleared death row. How many innocent people do we have to murder before we get that the death penalty is irrevocable ... and wrong?
In a perfect world, I'd support the death penalty in particularly heinous cases. However, in this very imperfect world, I don't trust our justice system enough to want it killing people.