Death Penalty… The Ultimate Corrupt Big Government Program

June 17th, 2015

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Nebraska’s legislature recently made headlines when it ended the
state’s death penalty. Many found it odd that a conservatives-dominated
legislature would support ending capital punishment, since conservative
politicians have traditionally supported the death penalty. ~ Ron Paul

However, an
increasing number of conservatives are realizing that the death penalty
is inconsistent with both fiscal and social conservatism. These
conservatives are joining with libertarians and liberals in a growing
anti-death penalty coalition.

It is hard to find a more wasteful and inefficient government program
than the death penalty.

New Hampshire recently spent over $4 million
dollars prosecuting just two death penalty cases, while Jasper County in
Texas raised property taxes by seven percent in order to pay for one
death penalty case!

A Duke University study found that replacing North
Carolina’s death penalty would save taxpayers approximately $22 million
dollars in just two years.

Death penalty cases are expensive because sentencing someone to death
requires two trials. The first trial determines the accused person’s
guilt, while the second trial determines if the convicted individual
“deserves” the death penalty.

A death sentence is typically followed by
years of appeals, and sometimes the entire case is retried.

Despite all the time and money spent to ensure that no one is wrongly
executed, the system is hardly foolproof. Since 1973, one out of every
ten individuals sentenced to death has been released from death row
because of evidence discovered after conviction.

The increased use of DNA evidence has made it easier to clear the
innocent and identify the guilty. However, DNA evidence is not a 100
percent guarantee of an accurate verdict. DNA evidence is often
mishandled or even falsified. Furthermore, DNA evidence is available in
only five to 10 percent of criminal cases.

It is not surprising that the government wastes so much time and
money on such a flawed system. After all, corruption, waste, and
incompetence are common features of government programs ranging from
Obamacare to the TSA to public schools to the post office.

Given the
long history of government failures, why should anyone, especially
conservatives who claim to be the biggest skeptics of government, think
it is a good idea to entrust government with the power over life and
death?

Death penalty supporters try to claim the moral high ground by
claiming that the death penalty deters crime. But, if the death penalty
is an effective deterrent, why do jurisdictions without the death
penalty have a lower crime rate than jurisdictions with the death
penalty?

And why did a 2009 survey find that the majority of American
police chiefs consider the death penalty the least effective way to
reduce violent crime?

As strong as the practical arguments against the death penalty are,
the moral case is much stronger. Since it is impossible to develop an
error-free death penalty system, those who support the death penalty are
embracing the idea that the government should be able to execute
innocent people for the “greater good.”

The idea that the government
should be able to force individuals to sacrifice their right to life for
imaginary gains in personal safety is even more dangerous to liberty
than the idea that the government should be able to force individuals to
sacrifice their property rights for imaginary gains in economic
security.

Opposition to allowing the government to take life is also part of a
consistent pro-life position. Thus, those of any ideology who oppose
abortion or preemptive war should also oppose the death penalty. Until
the death penalty is abolished, we will have neither a free nor a moral
society.

Reposted June 16, 2015 – KnowTheLies.com

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