1,264 people have legally been killed and counting by our very own government asserts the Death Penalty Information Center. What are we teaching our children? Killing people is wrong, so we should kill murders. Does this make any sense? There are so many aspects of the death penalty that citizens do not know about nor understand. It is such a controversial topic and widely debated, mainly for moral reasons, yet the facts are rarely used as evidence. As I speak to you ladies and gentlemen in this room today I will share facts from studies across the United States that show why the death penalty is ineffective, too expensive, based on a lack of sufficient evidence, and is regionally and gender subjective. I’d like to start of by sharing
