The Pilgrim has long opposed the death penalty on moral grounds.
Here's a good article that provides a 'process oriented' reason to oppose the death penalty.
It is simply too easy to get it wrong, even in a justice system with as many safeguards as ours has.
The notion of wrongly executed people is simply too much burden for a moral nation to carry.
GP
Just curious: You were kidding with your remarks over at Jon Swift's Blog, right?
ReplyDeleteYou wouldn't be the first that missed the joke. :)