The Death Penalty, right or wrong..--Jami Floyd, Anchor, Court TV NewsNew Jersey just became the first state to repeal its death penalty since the U.S. Supreme Court reopened the door to capital punishment. That was way back in the '70s, and at that time, New Jersey opted to re-up the death penalty. But with its abolition this week, the Garden State takes a giant step toward justice.
Forget that the death penalty has been proved time and again to have no deterrent effect. Forget all the questions about whether the way we kill people is "cruel and unusual." And never mind that victims tell you that when the ultimate penalty is imposed, it does not bring them any closure.
Forget all of that, and consider only this: The hundreds of exonerations in this country in just the last decade. Dozens of men who were on death row. THAT is why the death penalty is wrong.
Because human beings get it wrong. Only God should take away that which cannot be returned in the event of error. Human life. And that's the last word.
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