Doubts About Death Penalty

No, it is not okay to murder a few innocent people so the rest can feel 'safe' or 'vindicated' or whatever. In fact, knowing some innocents die should ring a bell that (DUH) the ACTUAL criminals are still around:

More in U.S. Expressing Doubts About Death Penalty: "Ruben Cantu is long gone, executed by Texas authorities in 1993 after he was convicted of murdering a man during a San Antonio robbery when he was 17 years old. To the end, Cantu insisted he had been framed, and now his co-defendant and the sole surviving witness both say he was telling the truth.

A state legislator called for an investigation this week as prosecutors moved to study the 20-year-old case. Opponents of the death penalty suspect that Cantu may be what they have long expected to find: an innocent person put to death. Houston law professor David Dow said the case shows that 'we make mistakes in death penalty cases, too.'"

Wouldn't it be nice if instead of dumping millions of dollars and thousands of hours of political time into the insipid war against women that the pro-lifer's wage, they put a fraction of that time into saving actual lives-- from accidental deaths of all types like medical malpractice, auto accidents, corporate malfeasance-- and yes, death penalty murders?