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6. END THE DEATH PENALTY NOW

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Jan 24, 2016, 03:30 PM

Jan 2016

It's ineffective and unfairly meted out. It's proven to be given to blacks more often than whites for the same crime.

In every state in America there are countless people who commit murder under the same conditions and most will get under 10 years and one will get the death penalty. Getting the death penalty only reflects the quality of your lawyer and the color of your skin.

On any day the death penalty is being carried out, countless prisoners are leaving prison for committing the same crime in a "they paid their dues" and a free to go manner.

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