Apparently we have just found out that several years ago, we executed an innocent person. This is exactly why I am against the death penalty.

In principal anyway, I do not have a problem with capital punishment. If you have taken a life, being killed is only fair. In practice, however, government is no better at administering the death penalty than responding to hurricanes or stopping terrorists.

This case illustrates that our system is far from perfect, and killing an innocent person is simply inexcusable. When you’re dealing with someone’s life there should be no margin of error.