"Two wrongs do not make a right." -America
The death penalty has been America's way of cheaply handling the situation of those "guilty" persons that have committed a treasonable crime that invovled the sexual harrasment, murder, or second-degree muder of an innocent figure.
"Yes, we have murdered." -America
As America, when asked if we've committed a sin. We must say yes and bow our heads. By upholding American's law and supporting any part of it, we support the slaughter of men that have, truly or un-truly, slaughtered another person/persons.
"Proven guilty, slaughtered, and then proven innocent." -America
Many people that have been left to deal with the death penalty have been indeed innocent. One reason one might admit guilty to a crime he/she hasn't committed is because he/she wishes to leave life...for it has gotten out of hand. I heard of once case where the death row inmate was killed, and a day later the evidence/testimony of the real killer was made known.
We must stop injustice, whether it is or not...we should not be doing nature's work of killing someone for it. Stopping it in one state, is like saving millions of people. Yes, they need punishing, but it isn't our right to take away their life as a punishment. It should be God's, or the Force's, for isn't God/Force who created the killer for a purpose?