The latest in Death Penalty news

Troy Anthony Davis will, in all likelihood, die. I don't know what to say. I'm against the death penalty on basic principle--the math says we'll eventually execute (and likely already have executed) someone whose innocent. That just seems morally repugnant to me. Moreover, I don't believe in law as a tool of vengeance. And often that's all the death penalty is--societal vengeance.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/10/the-latest-in-death-penalty-news/6038/