Should the U.S. Abolish the Death Penalty?

• “Yes”

  

  “The Death Penalty Makes Too Many Mistakes”

• “Objection”

  

  “Innocence on Death Row Rarer than Rabies”
  

The Death Penalty Makes Too Many Mistakes

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We know that many innocent people have been sent to death row - over 125 have now been released from death row in the U.S. due to evidence of their wrongful convictions. The death penalty is also riddled with racial and economic bias and geographical arbitrariness.   

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"Yes" Amnesty

• The Death Penalty is a Denial of Human Rights
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• The Death Penalty Makes Too Many Mistakes
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• The Death Penalty Costs More
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• The American Public is Moving Away from the Death Penalty
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"No" Josh Marquis

• How Many Innocent Victims are Too Many?
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• The Idea that Many People on Death Row are Innocent is Nonsense
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"No" Criminal Justice Legal Foundation

• An Enforced Death Penalty Saves Lives Through Deterrence
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Most Objections

• How Many Innocent Victims are Too Many?
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• The Idea that Many People on Death Row are Innocent is Nonsense
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• The Death Penalty is a Denial of Human Rights
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• The American Public is Moving Away from the Death Penalty
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• The Death Penalty Makes Too Many Mistakes
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• The Death Penalty Costs More
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• An Enforced Death Penalty Saves Lives Through Deterrence
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