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Abolish the Death Penalty Blog
The Road to Abolition - New Book by NJ Senator Raymond Lesniak May 2, 2008
"During my 30 years in the state Legislature, I never prepared statements to be delivered in committee, on the floor or at public appearances, always relying on my glibness to either captivate an audience or stumble through a presentation of my views. The death penalty debate was different.
THE STAKES WERE TOO HIGH.
EMOTIONS WERE TOO DEEP.
Lives were at risk.
The Road to Abolition is the result."
-- Senator Raymond J. Lesniak
Learn more and buy the book here.  
posted by Abe at 2:21 PM
Doubts about death April 17, 2008
Dallas County (Texas) District Attorney Craig Watkins shared some interesting thoughts on the death penalty with the Dallas Morning News yesterday:
"I sit here and I see the worst, the worst of what humans can do. And when you sit here and see that, the only logical conclusion that you can come to is we have to seek the ultimate punishment.
"But when you go home, sit with your family in day-to-day chores, you look at morality and religion and think about the course of life. Then you start to question, 'Am I putting myself in that same position as that person [who] for whatever reason decided to take a life?'
"Now, I represent the government and I am in the position to do the same that they do. I struggle with that. As a district attorney, I'm here to uphold the law and protect the society I have been elected to represent. So the question I have for myself is: 'If I don't pursue these crimes that are so heinous with ultimate punishment, am I living up to my ultimate responsibility?'
"But my other side of me is not only to protect society but to make society better. If I do the death penalty, am I doing that?"
posted by David Elliot at 11:39 AM
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