[JeffreyN]

Capital punishment should be abolished , here are some reasons why: 1) the system is administered by the state , the state is run by men , men make mistakes , the killing of just 1 innocent because of a mistake made by man is too much of a risk to justify its implementation.2) it is a fact innocent men have been have been wrongly found guilty and sentenced to die and later released.3)Crimes in one state that are not punishable by death are punisable by death in others 4) Minorities who commit capital crime against non minorities are put to death at a much higher percentage than non minorities committing the same crimes. 5) there is no statistical evidence that the death penal;ty serves as a detterent.6) Mandatory appeals make it no less expensive to put to death vs life imprisionment 7)the power to take a life should remain in God's hands not the same government that runs your local MVA.