Some good news. It's the first state to ban the death penalty since 1965. Best part is, it was banned by legislative means rather than those "unaccountable godless commie judges." We're lucky to live in a state that doesn't put anyone to death.
I never really understood the implicit assumption that death is a worse punishment for a crime than life imprisonment. I would personally rather die.
Of course my personal preferences are just on top of all the more fact-based arguments for why the death penalty should be banned including its racial bias, the fact that innocent people end up on death row, the economic costs, the questionable deterrent value, the arbitrary nature of sentencing, etc, etc, etc.
I never really understood the implicit assumption that death is a worse punishment for a crime than life imprisonment. I would personally rather die.
Of course my personal preferences are just on top of all the more fact-based arguments for why the death penalty should be banned including its racial bias, the fact that innocent people end up on death row, the economic costs, the questionable deterrent value, the arbitrary nature of sentencing, etc, etc, etc.
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