By Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation

I am opposed to the death penalty because I believe it creates more victims than it helps. There is no closure after a loved one is murdered. The criminal who is executed leaves behind relatives/friends of their own. These families not only have to live with the anguish of knowing their loved one was a murderer, but they then live a lifetime of grief after the execution. Tragedy begets tragedy, like a snowball rolling downhill.

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