With the recent execution of Troy Davis, the highly questionable execution of Cameron Willingham, and 138 exonerations of persons previously condemned to death, it is becoming increasingly clear that the death penalty is deeply flawed. It has proven to be ineffective as a deterrent. It has been disproportionally applied to minorities. Numerous people with profound intellectual disabilities have been executed.
The death penalty rises to the standard of cruel and unusual punishment. For the above reasons, the death penalty cannot, in good conscience, be allowed to continue.