I'm anti death penalty but it's based on my spiritual beliefs, however, even if it weren't;
Studies of the California death penalty system, the largest in the US, have revealed that a death sentence costs at least 18 times as much as a sentence of life without parole would cost.
In 2012, the
National Research Council reviewed all of the deterrence studies from all sides of the issue and found there was no credible evidence that the death penalty deters murder.
Many family members who have lost love ones to murder feel that a death sentence will not heal their wounds nor provide closure. Aside from the evidence that the death penalty is not the best way to help the survivors, the huge costs of the death penalty waste money that could be used to help families put their lives back together through counseling, restitution, crime victim hotlines, and other services addressing their needs.
A sentence of life in prison without parole is in fact a sentence of death in prison. No adult sentenced to life without parole (LWOP) anywhere in the US has ever been released on parole.
The execution of an innocent person is a wrong that can never be put right. Since the 1970s, 161 people have been exonerated from death rows around the US. In many of those cases, the exoneration came after a long legal battle and thanks to the extraordinary efforts of people working outside the system. Any one of the 156 death row exonorees could have just have easily been executed.
5 Myths About the Death Penalty - Death Penalty Focus
