Why are you against the death penalty?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But how is life in prison a just punishment and the death penalty not so, if we're talking about retribution? Is quantity better than quality?

As has been said and implied several times, because a mistaken conviction is correctable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because it's meted out unfairly and disproportionately, depending on the state one lives in.

this is my reason
I'd like to see major evidence of an incontrovertible nature...

[Anonymous]

I am against the death penalty because just like abortion and slavery it is the opposite of love and exposes the selfishness and nastiness that exists in all human hearts. Including yours...and mine.