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Originally posted by greentea
Look at the texans and floridans, there frying someone every other month.
These states you fuck up, they will kill you..
way it should be
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I have a fundamental "eye for an eye" belief in the justice of the death penalty for murder. However, the example of Illinois where MORE THAN HALF those on death row were proved by DNA analysis to be innocent brought me to the point of believing we should do what they did in Illinois: put the death penalty on hold until a more just and credible system can be created. Right now, if someone is convicted of a murder they didn't do in front of a crowd of witnesses or on video tape, I have to wonder if they are really guilty, and this is an uneasy feeling.
Proponents should also address the fact that those states which enforce the death penalty most vigorously have very little to show for it in terms of reduced murder rate. In fact, murderers seem to be lining up to be excecuted in those states which enforce the death penalty most fiercely.