Why We Oppose It

Some Reasons many Murder Victims Family Members Oppose the Death penalty:

• Violates ethical, moral, and/or religious beliefs.
• Complicates grieving and interferes with healing.
• Costs too much.
• Fails as a deterrent to violence.
• Risks executing an innocent person “in our names.”
• Tainted by racial bias in its application.
• Applied with geographical arbitrariness.
• Applied disproportionately to people who are economically disadvantaged.
• Applied to people with severe mental illness

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