Abolishing The Death Penalty....Just or Not

The death penalty is a disgusting way to serve justice. I think that abolishing the death penalty in Illinois is a wonderful thing. It said in the article "Death Penalty Ends in Illinois", "In November 1998, the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University hosted 29 exonerated death row inmates at a conference, putting a human face to the death penalty's errors. Then, with Porter's case still in the spotlight, plus a series of stories in the Chicago Tribune later that year that illuminated deep frailties in the state's system of capital punishment, the debate over the death penalty was transformed.Suddenly, it was about accuracy. No longer were the mistakes anecdotal. The problems were systemic. Opposition to the death penalty began to win new supporters, people who looked at the issue pragmatically, not just morally, and were dismayed by the mistakes." If 29 people were set free from being wrongfully accused than why would the death penalty be good? Look at the facts people, I mean really, if people looked at the facts than we would have gotten rid of the death penalty a long time ago. In Governor Ryan's speech he says, "Today - three days before I end my term as governor, I stand before you to explain my frustrations and deep concerns about both the administration and the penalty of death. It is fitting that we are gathered here today at Northwestern University with the students, teachers, lawyers and investigators who first shed light on the sorrowful condition of Illinois' death penalty system." It was crazy/amazing that people at Northwestern University exposed the death penalty and no one saw anything before. The justice system in this country is just insane, it's not okay to not expose the corruption in the justice system.