What can ordinary people like you and me do to help abolish the death penalty?

Question

How can i help?

Answer 1

What state do you live in? I would be happy to put you in touch with an organization in your state. (You can email me through Yahoo Answers.)

One thing you can do is get out the facts about how the system actually functions. You don't have to sympathize with criminals or want them to avoid a terrible punishment to ask if the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime and to think about the risks of executing innocent people.

124 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA is available in less than 10% of all homicides and isn’t a guarantee we won’t execute innocent people.

The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reputable study shows the death penalty to be a deterrent. To be a deterrent a punishment must be sure and swift. The death penalty is neither. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in states that don’t.

We have a good alternative. Life without parole is now on the books in 48 states. It means what it says. It is sure and swift and rarely appealed. Life without parole is less expensive than the death penalty.

The death penalty costs much more than life in prison, mostly because of the legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people.

The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed?

The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members across the country argue that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative.

Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. If the process is speeded up we are sure to execute an innocent person.

Answer 2

C'mon! Why would we abolish the death penalty? I say: Kill the killers, rape the rapists!
But, in all seriousness, you should really contemplate the reasons on why you are even thinking of trying to abolish the death penalty!

Answer 3

Convince your fellow man not to kill and there won't be a need for the death penalty.

Answer 4

You are not ordinary if you want to abolish the death penlty.

Answer 5

Although I completely disagree with you, if you want a law passed then you have to let your congresspeople know how you feel. Send them a personal opinion message.

Answer 6

i am in favor of the death penality

Answer 7

Commit suicide. Then it's on you, not me.