deathpoet's blog: "Daily Rant"

Earlier this week i read an article out of Texas where the most recent death penalty execution victim may have been innocent.  Apparently, new evidence has been brought to lite that corroberates the executed man's story.

I have been an opponent of the death penalty my entire life, not for the reasons of cruelty but for this very reason.   I believe it is wrong to have an 'ultimate' penalty in place when ANY legal system will be flawed in some way.  There is no 'oops' in death.  Even if a person is wrongfully incarcerated for decades, some compensation and justice can be meted out.

It bothers me more because, as only the 'State' may execute, that means WE, all of us, as we are the "State' of murdering an innocent person.  I simply do not want that on my 'soul'.  As a collectve people, do we want it on ours?

While this is the exception to the case, there have been a number of wrongful and incomplete executions since the '60s.  All the murders were horrifying and the wrongful state endorsed murders equally so.

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