Heather Bond

I am against all the death penalty bills being considered because I'm against the death penalty. Why am I against the death penalty? Because even one wrongly executed person is a travesty and a moral sin. Let's call a spade a spade: People are killed on a regular basis in this country by the state by the power of execution that are later proved innocent. People are killed by execution in the country on a regular basis with no regard for any mitigating circumstances and/or sincerely changed and contrite persons. We are quick to execute people and slow to consider alternatives, including innocence and sincerely changed persons. I believe that the death penalty is barbaric. It is not justice but rather vengence. The State should not be in the Vengence business.