<Tab/>Would you kill an innocent man or women? Just because the prosecution proves a man or women is guilty does not mean they have committed the crime. Today's court systems, despite their scrupulous methods are still not 100% accurate. Using the death penalty as a punishment is permanent, and leaves no room for error. However- 13% of all death row inmates since 1976 have been exonerated of their sentence because they were in-fact …showed first 75 words of 343 total…

…showed last 75 words of 343 total…same loss. By using the death penalty the courts become as bad as the people they are trying to prosecute. It does not sound like such an ethical value. It sounds like a value that is outdated and morally wrong. Even if a suspect is indeed guilty, let them serve out life sentences rather than executing them, it is not right to take them away from their family's; besides everyone has the right to live.