THE DEATH PENALTY IS WRONG
Death penalty is morally WRONG - no human being (or society) should be allowed to take the life of another
human being in cold blood. Death penalty is socially CORRUPTIVE - it makes killing people an acceptable behavior. Death
penalty is socially DEGENERATING - violence breeds violence, and killing other people is the ultimate form of violence. Death
penalty is socially CRUEL - it punishes the relatives of the convicted person for a crime in which they have had no part.
Death penalty is socially UNJUST - it is mostly applied to the poor, the deprived and the wretched of the society. Death
penalty is socially a 'CRIMINAL' act - it is 'murder' committed by governments in a systematic way. Death penalty is legally
UNSAFE - far too many people get executed for the crimes they have been wrongly convicted of. Death penalty is legally
IRREVERSIBLE - dead victims of a miscarriage of justice can never be compensated. Death penalty is legally CORRUPTIVE
- it is a convenient way for torturers to eliminate the main witness of their crimes. Death penalty is a means of political
SUPPRESSION - the death penalty has been, and can always be, applied to political opponents of the governing regime, no matter
how 'democratic' or 'popular' it may be.
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