| Message | I was happy to read NCADP's update this morning emphasizing the importance of not focusing on the possibility of innocence in the death penalty debate. The bottom line is this - guilty, innocent or questionable - our government has no business using murder as part of it's so-called justice system. When we put so much emphasis on the possibility of innocence we are almost tacitly condoning revenge against the "guilty" and, well, as Ghandi said, "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind." It's a failed public policy that has never deterred crime, is excessively expensive and is barbaric and cruel. Time to get organizing again.  |