I've had two close family members murdered during my lifetime...and everything Mitesh describes in this video is exactly how I feel about the death penalty. It serves no positive purpose, serves no justice. It only perpetuates the cycle of murder and suffering. Shame on Texas...
I am heartbroken. Chris Young was a reformed man. He made amends with the victim's family and they begged for the state not to do this. The death penalty is just murder. This did not have to happen.https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1019368444435853312 …
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The world is diminished every time the state kills a human being, this time more so.
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The death penalty only creates more victims...heartbreaking.
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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. - The American prisons are not setup for rehabilitation but for vengeance.
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As the Smiths once said, “it takes guts to be gentle and kind”
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Not to mention those wrongly-accused. I'm willing to bet those stats skew towards African Americans as well. The death penalty needs to be abolished.
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I’m really not understanding this. He committed a crime and was punished for his crime. Because the family forgave him, he shouldn’t be punished?!
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Welcome to Texas, where we actively try to be shittier than all the other states.
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For everyone saying “the law is the law”, I implore you to look up an ancient Athenian legislator named Draco. Sound familiar? That’s where we get Draconian Law from. Punishment for ANY crime was death. ANY CRIME. But IT WAS THE LAW. You okay with that?
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Also, don’t forget that there are parts of the world where being a member of the LGBTQ community is not just frowned upon but illegal. Let’s not forget that it’s also been an incredibly short time that the right to marriage has been guaranteed to the LGBTQ community in the US.
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This is devastating.
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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. -Friedrich Nietzsche
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We don’t have the death penalty in Canada.
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