Abolish the Death Penalty is a blog dedicated to...well, you know.
The purpose of Abolish is to tell the personal stories of crime victims and their loved ones, people on death row and their loved ones and those activists who are working toward abolition. You may, from time to time, see news articles or press releases here, but that is not the primary mission of Abolish the Death Penalty. Our mission is to put a human face on the debate over capital punishment.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Another new blog!
The Austin chapter of Campaign to End the Death Penalty has launched a new blog. You can see it here.
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
The stories and comments I have read provide a good argument for abolishing the death penalty. My opinion though is not to abolish it but to apply it sparingly. Personaly I would hate to see the Jeffery Dahlmer's and Son of Sam's of this world getting a protected life style at the tax payers exspence.
your argument in support of the death penalty is probably the strongest one out there ... that there are some crimes so heinous, so evil, that they require, as a social signpost as to the limits of what we will tolerate, the ultimate punishment... the death penalty as a moral beacon (turow)...
hmmmmmmm...
so here's the problem anonymous - the system that processes, that adjudicates those cases, must be absolutely, unequivocally perfect - has to be, must be, for if it is not, if it convicts, sentences and executes even one innocent person, if it pulls in just one case of someone because they couldn't afford an attorney, because the system produces outcomes that tell society that white murder victims are more valuable to us than black murder victims, if just one person is sentenced to death simply to build the political resume of a career minded district attorney, well than THAT system is ABSOLUTELY NOT a moral beacon of any kind...
can we construct a system, a human system, that is perfect and doesn't run such risks??? if you ask the illinois commission that studied the death penalty the answer is no...
if you ask me and other abolitionists the answer is no...
but more importantly anonymous, if you ask yourself, honestly, then you'll answer no as well and that's why we need you to help us end this absolute waste of taxpayer dollars...
2 comments:
The stories and comments I have read provide a good argument for abolishing the death penalty. My opinion though is not to abolish it but to apply it sparingly. Personaly I would hate to see the Jeffery Dahlmer's and Son of Sam's of this world getting a protected life style at the tax payers exspence.
dear anonymous,
your argument in support of the death penalty is probably the strongest one out there ... that there are some crimes so heinous, so evil, that they require, as a social signpost as to the limits of what we will tolerate, the ultimate punishment... the death penalty as a moral beacon (turow)...
hmmmmmmm...
so here's the problem anonymous - the system that processes, that adjudicates those cases, must be absolutely, unequivocally perfect - has to be, must be, for if it is not, if it convicts, sentences and executes even one innocent person, if it pulls in just one case of someone because they couldn't afford an attorney, because the system produces outcomes that tell society that white murder victims are more valuable to us than black murder victims, if just one person is sentenced to death simply to build the political resume of a career minded district attorney, well than THAT system is ABSOLUTELY NOT a moral beacon of any kind...
can we construct a system, a human system, that is perfect and doesn't run such risks??? if you ask the illinois commission that studied the death penalty the answer is no...
if you ask me and other abolitionists the answer is no...
but more importantly anonymous, if you ask yourself, honestly, then you'll answer no as well and that's why we need you to help us end this absolute waste of taxpayer dollars...
please anonymous, won't you do the right thing?
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