It's Long Past Time to Get Rid of the Death Penalty

With all of the technological advances that can determine guilt or innocence of a person accused of murder and the greater acceptance of life without the possibility of parole, there is no excuse whatsoever to have the death penalty. Now we are finding out there are quite a few people who made it to death row, and even some who have been executed, who had nothing to do with the crime for which they were sentenced or killed--murdered--by the state.

The case of Carlos DeLuna, an innocent man executed by the state of Texas, has received a lot of press in recent days. Here is the study which showed beyond any doubt he didn't commit the murder for which he was executed.

The link to the report is also on the left sidebar under "Links." It will remain there as long as the site is available.


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