The death penalty should be outlawed. First of all, I find it hypocritical to condemn murder, then participate in state-sanctioned murder as revenge, it's barbaric; these are human beings, no matter what they're done it is not right to kill them in revenge, more for our own sake than for theirs, we need to be civilized in dealing with crime. Second of all, our justice system is deeply prejudiced, and the decision of applying it is left up to that system, it is in no way impartial and logical, just adding to the barbarity. Finally, and most importantly, innocent people are murdered with the death penalty, we know this, that fact alone is enough to justify throwing the practice out.
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