Arizona making plans to execute prisoners with the same gas Nazis used at Auschwitz: report

[ShazzieB]

45. I agree.

I am 100% against the death penalty. Not because some people don't "deserve" it, but because... well, that's not really the point. There are a lot of reasons that would take too long to go into here.

I haven't always held this view but was convinced to do so by a book called "Ultimate Punishment," by Scott Turow. Turow wrote the book after serving on the Illinois commission that investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan’s unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office and ultimately led to the abolishnent of the death penalty in the state. It's a very thoughtfully written book and a great read. I highly recommend it.