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In reply to the discussion: Thoughts on the Death Penalty [View all]Orsino
(37,428 posts)75. The death penalty is only one very visible facet...
...of an almost thoroughly corrupt system.
Incarceration is bad enough, in most cases amounting to torture. Convictions are particularly easy to obtain against our most vulnerable citizens, who are rendered impotent for the rest of their lives. Most lose the right to vote, dooming reform.
This systematic denial of rights and robbing of the poor has no business existing at all, much less with the power to murder as well.
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I have no reason, other than the debates on DU over the last few days.
JustABozoOnThisBus
May 2015
#10
For decades it's been a fact that states without the death penalty have lower murder rates.........
George II
May 2015
#38
Almost every other country in the world gets along just fine without a death penalty.
SheilaT
May 2015
#14
Almost every other country in the world gets along just fine with the USA picking up the defense tab
seveneyes
May 2015
#18
I guess the notion is that we're the wholesale death merchants to the world.
Jackpine Radical
May 2015
#29
Add one more reason: criminal charges are more often brought against minorities and the poor
jwirr
May 2015
#41