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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Abolishing The Death Penalty [View all]BigDemVoter
(4,149 posts)There are so many reasons I hate the death penalty that I can't even begin to enumerate all of them. However do we want to be in the company of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China in that we permit our government to execute its citizens?
I can already hear people arguing that there are criminals who "deserve it." Admittedly there are criminals who deserve severe punishment, but life in prison is not a little lark in the country. On the practical side, it costs much more money to execute somebody than it would to imprison them for life; this sounds counter intuitive, but it's true.
Finally, we do and we have executed innocent people. Just the fact that there is a risk of executing ONE innocent person should be enough to shut down the entire death penalty business. There are people all over the country--especially in places like Louisiana and Texas-- who are sitting on death row and are kept there simply because the state(s) refuse(s) to reopen cases when new exculpatory evidence comes to light. The entire thing is a racket to make people feel good--"Those thievin & murderin thugs er gettin what they deserve!"
While I'm not a Hillary supporter, I am still disappointed to hear this