Death penalty brutalizes us. Every human being deserves the dignity of life. This includes the most brutal of murderers and insane killers. Premeditated, state sanctioned killing is not justifiable under any circumstances. Death penalty in an indication of how little our government values human life. Capital punishment is cruel, both physically and psychologically. People have been executed who might have been innocent. The death penalty is not applied consistently, and it also discriminates against minorities …showed first 75 words of 652 total…

…showed last 75 words of 652 total…by foreign governments. It is time that we look in the mirror. Many of those on death row may no longer be a threat to society, but for those who are there are options less cruel and unusual that don’t put society at risk. Life without parole is one. A lengthy sentence with treatment with release conditional upon rehabilitation is another. Death penalty is an act of distilled hatred and it should be abandoned.