Voted for the repeal of the death penalty, here in California, but it didn’t win. I have no problem with the concept of a death penalty… some people need killing. Example, leave me in a back yard with a pistol, amnesty and Jerry Sandusky and he’s not coming back.

However I have the following problems with the implementation of the death penalty.

1. We execute innocent people sometimes, even once is too many
2. The death penalty is not blind to race or low income
3. When you see how long people are on death row plus all of the additional costs for trying death penalty cases, additional phases, endless appeals, it is freaking expensive.

Not saying these problems can’t be overcome, but until they are it’s hard for me to support an current death penalty system.