American Justice

While American justice is still without a doubt the best system in the world as there are no secret police that will take you away from your home never to be seen again, it is hardly just for either criminals or victims. There is no neat linear system by which you know what you will pay for your crime at any given time or circumstance.

While lady liberty is supposed to be blindfolded, money easily tips the scales in the defendants favor, which is not supposed to happen.

"Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the nature of the offense and the incorrigibility of the offender and more on inappropriate and indefensible considerations: the political and personal inclinations of prosecutors; the defendant's wealth, race and intellect; the race and economic status of the victim; the quality of the defendant's counsel; and the resources allocated to defense lawyers."
-Gerald Heaney, former appellate judge

I will be providing you with you current capital punishment news, information regarding both defendants and victims (who should in no way be forgotten) and other things. My position is not in fact to change your opinion of capital punishment - but rather ask you to simply make an informed decision, not one based on what has been provided solely to you by the press, but other sources as well.

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