Thibault Boucher, French & Californian, 20, Against
I really hope that Proposition 34 will be accepted by Californians. Death penalty is clearly not acceptable for a state of law and a democracy like the USA. I am convinced that a vote repealing death penalty in California would influence other States and could lead to a national repeal of death penalty in the USA. It would not only benefit some prisoners, it would benefit human rights.
I think the death penalty should be abolished. But, then again I don’t think that sentencing one to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is possible – It is still a…
I think the US will eventually abolish capital punishment. A society, any society, has to put itself above the common feelings for revenge. It cannot take revenge on itself.
To be honest, I think that no one can take your life and no one should! But for abominable crimes, the prison for life is too extreme too. Prison is not only…
While I reject the death penalty as a legal punishment, I do not favor proposition 34’s proposal of replacing it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. This does not solve…
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The death penalty should be abolished, and I believe that it will be done on a state-by-state basis instead of on a national level unless the U.S. Supreme Court changes. Why? First,…
Capital punishment is a hard thing to abolish completely. While life imprisonment without parole is a preferable solution from a humanitarian standpoint, is it really the lesser of the two evils when…
I am horrified that innocent people have been sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit, and applaud the Innocence Project and others working to free the wrongly convicted. However, I…
I am against the death penalty. For members of society who need special help or need to be isolated in order to keep from harming others, there are other options. There can…
