Before I started to write this,I give it much thought, the events of the last few days have left mewith the feeling that there is not equal justice for all. We executed a man in Georgia that maybe was innocent of the charges against him, I have always thought, that in a capital punishment trial if the witness recanted his or her statement that it was cause for a mistrial. In this case we had seven witnesses recant their testimony, but the judicial system, the clemency board, Supreme Court found that this wasn't true if nothing else this man should have been granted clemency, a new trial. The death penalty in this country has to be repealed, we cannot be a civilized country with the death penalty in place supposedly we are the beacon of the world and to unfairly execute a man when there is reasonable doubt as to his guilt I just happen to think that this makes us look like a country that doesn't care about the rights of man. The fact that this was a black man in the South was not afforded the rights that white people are. I believe it states in the declaration of independence that all men are created equal. It seems strikingly strange that at the anniversary of the start of the Civil War that certain sectors of our country are not afforded the rights of the rest of the country. Due process of trials of capital offenses and the carrying out of sentences to the fullest extent of the law is an unalienable right of all citizens of this country. When there is reasonable doubt, the defendant in these cases should have all means at his or her disposal to prove their innocence and we should make sure that all avenues of doubt are therefore addressed before we execute the sentence of the court. Remember, that this execution was done in our name for the people I think that means you and me, we should always make sure that we are right when it comes to executing a fellow human being.
We should ask our court system to abolish the death penalty in this country. I would consider that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, the Bible states thou shall not kill.
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