In the words of the late Martin Luther King Jr., "I am happy to join you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration of freedom in the history of the nation"
This country has laws-laws that govern and keep peace so that the innocent will be spared and the guilty will be punished. But is this true? Are the innocent always spared and the guilty always punished for their sins?
The death penalty is inconsistent with our convictions about the value of life, convictions that are shown in our editorials opposing abortion, stem-cell research and euthanasia. Most people believe life is something to keep sacred, but is that belief really evident in the way we differentiate between people we deem innocent and guilty?
In a poll in Alabama, where the death penalty is legal, eighty percent of the people polled said that they think the state should have the ability to execute someone who is not guilty. In other words, a person may go on trial for the murder of a young......
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