The state should not kill people in our name. The death penalty carries the permanent risk of executing someone who was wrongly convicted, and no appeal can undo it. Botched executions add cruelty to that risk. People signing this demand also point out that executions have not been shown to make anyone safer, and that investing in housing, jobs, and education is a better path to lower crime. Whatever you believe about punishment, a punishment that cannot be corrected has no place in a justice system that makes mistakes. Congress can end it at the federal level and can hold hearings on wrongful convictions and botched executions, so the public sees the record. Decisions about life and death deserve evidence, not anger. Vote to end the death penalty.
The state should not kill people in our name. The death penalty carries the permanent risk of executing someone who was wrongly convicted, and no appeal can undo it. Botched executions add cruelty to that risk. People signing this demand also point out that executions have not been shown to make anyone safer, and that investing in housing, jobs, and education is a better path to lower crime. Whatever you believe about punishment, a punishment that cannot be corrected has no place in a justice system that makes mistakes. Congress can end it at the federal level and can hold hearings on wrongful convictions and botched executions, so the public sees the record. Decisions about life and death deserve evidence, not anger. Vote to end the death penalty.
