A horrible crime happened in Hawaii today. Click here if you want to know about it.
In a discussion some people suggested that these are just the crimes that deserve the death penalty. I disagree. Since emotional topics tend to lead to emotional discussion I’m going to quote some nationally recognized groups who are working to abolish what I see as a scar on our society, a human rights abuse, and murder by each of us who choose to be part of this society without speaking up and working to eliminate this type of torture from the government of our country.
ACLU:
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of civil liberties. In the past 30 years, 124 inmates were found to be innocent and released from death row. The ACLU Capital Punishment Project is fighting for the end of the death penalty by supporting moratorium and repeal movements through public education and advocacy. We are engaged in systemic reform of the death penalty process, and case-specific litigation highlighting some of its fundamental flaws.
The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments. It is used as a tool of political repression. Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all circumstances and works for its abolition in all countries. This leaflet includes illustrative examples and further information.
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation, Inc.
We oppose the death penalty for a variety of reasons — endless trials re-open emotional wounds and put off the time when real healing can begin, the vast resources and attention spent on the death penalty is better spent supporting victims and preventing crime in the first place, the risk of executing the innocent is too high a price to pay, biases of geography, race and class plague the system, executions create more families who have lost a loved one to killing, and many of us think it is just plain wrong for the state to kill.
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