Human Error In Capital Punishment

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12, 1995 To the Editor: Wednesday was a tragic day for New York. Gov. George E. Pataki signed death penalty gone wrong statistics New York's death penalty statute in the name of deterring future murders, reinstating the death penalty, which had been off the books for 18 years. The theory of deterrence,

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however, is a flawed one. States without death penalty statutes, on average, have lower murder rates than states with such statutes. Moreover, let's use a little common sense: the criminal who commits a capital crime is not likely to be thinking of the consequences of his act. Most capital crimes are committed during moments of great emotional stress, wrongful death penalty executions fear or under the influence of drugs or alcohol, when thinking is impaired. Even in cases where the crime is premeditated, the criminal usually expects to escape detention, arrest and conviction. No punishment can deter someone who does not expect to be caught. State Senator Dale M. Volker, the leading proponent of the bill, said "there are people who are dead today who would be alive if we had had a death penalty" (news article, March 7). He fails to realize there are also people who are dead today who would have been alive if their innocence in the capital cases for which they were convicted had been proved before they were executed. A 1987 study in the Stanford Law Review points to 350 cases between 1900 and 1985 in which innocent people were wrongly convicted of capital crimes; in 23 of those cases, the innocent person was executed, 8 in New York alone. Having capital punishment on the books ignores the possible mistake of human judgment and the criminal justice system. The Ne

Morality" "Human Error That Defies Logic And Morality" Nominated For Nobel Prize From Death Row Stanley's book Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a cofounder of the Crips

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youth gang and a Califonia death row inmate, was nominated for the Nobel

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Peace Prize by seven members of the Swiss parliament for writing nine anti-crime and antiviolence books for children and for famous death penalty cases creating an international peer mentoring program for youth at risk for gang involvement. An active advocate against the death penalty, Williams wrote the following comments about California's most recent execution. Capital punishment is http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/12/opinion/l-death-penalty-doesn-t-allow-for-human-error-936995.html a political and philosophical error -- it is vengeance disguised as justice. It is a human error that defies logic, defies morality, defies humanity and, like slavery, it defies God. If eye-for-an-eye is the premise that constitutes justice, then why didn't the descendants of Native Americans and Africans in America seek justice for the human violations perpetrated against their ancestors? Why? Because their ethical spirit knew http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/new_abolitionist/october-2001-issue-21/human-error-defies-logic-and-morality it would be an offense against God. America is not in a position to claim moral superiority when its past and present racism and capital punishment expose its moral inferiority. The scheduled execution is a parody of justice being presented to every child of this country. It personifies an image of murder for murder, encouraging our youth to adopt a philosophy to resolve their pathologies through murder. It doesn't take a genius to recognize why so many youth today are dropping their schoolbooks and instead picking up weapons to end a dispute. There is no difference between a murderer and a system that murders when the predetermined outcome is choreographed death. Even under the universal truth of mathematics, the simple equation of murder plus murder equals a double murder. What are the lessons to be learned? When a person commits adultery, is adultery enacted against him? When someone steals, rapes, molests, lies, discriminates or oppresses, does he or she receive likewise punishment? Of course, the answer is no. Then why is there justice in a murder for murder? It is hypocrisy for any person, group or government to ignore their sins and closet skeletons to cast s

run by human beings. That means there is human error built into it. A human system is not capable of perfection. Government does nothing flawlessly. Government cannot flawlessly http://moreperfect.org/site/the-death-penalty-and-human-error/ kill people. If you give government the power to kill people, you are giving government the power to make mistakes killing people, and government will make those mistakes. You couldn't stop Troy Davis' execution by just protesting Troy Davis' execution. The only way to stop Troy Davis' execution is to stop all executions.” – Lawrence O’Donnell FacebookTwitterTags: death penalty http://i1.wp.com/moreperfect.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/logo-quill.png?fit=500%2C300 300 500 death penalty Timothy http://moreperfect.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/logo-300x138.png?_t=1475293815 Timothy2011-09-23 14:50:092016-09-30 15:18:29The Death Penalty and Human Error Krista The development of the use of DNA in cases has helped, but we must recognize that our system has more than likely killed innocent people. Recent Articles An Analytical Review of Lincoln Cannon’s “The New God Argument" Guns Don't Kill People, Statistics Do News Should Look Like News Trolling & death penalty cases The Star Spangled Banner Trump The Cuban Missile Crisis An Open Letter to Conflicted Republicans… Hey Millennials… The Misinformation Age A Word Problem for Alt-Left Voters A Trump IRS FOIA Request Karmann Ghia Judging Hillary: They Who Are Without Sin… Proposal for a Fair & Dynamic Market-based Economy Holding Nose? Nonsense… When Hillary Clinton Wins… Hillary Clinton & Racism Wikileaks is not Journalism A Primer on Capitalism in a World Gone Nuts… The Seven Social Sins… The Beginning of Life… Invisibilia: The Problem with the Solution No More War? Progressives Make Progress The Progressive Coalition: An Invitation The Kshama Sawant Problem… Fix it. Voting as Lesser of Evils… We. Will. Will we? On Bernie, Hillary, Purity and being in Community with We The People… We The People: Persuasion, Not Revolution Recent CommentsTimothy on Analytical Review of The New God ArgumentTimothy on Analytical Review of The New God ArgumentLincoln Cannon on An Analytical Review of Lincoln Cannon’s “The New God Argument"CategoriesCategories Select Category Art(14) Articles by Others(17) Articles by Timothy(81) Culture(30) Featured(21) Just For Fun(11) Life(28) more perfect(41) Philosophy(81) Political Science(68) Religion(20) Politics(67) Economics(9