Rape with the ultimate sanction: death.

On Thur April 8th 2004 I got a change to witness a play called “The Exonerated” at the State Theater down town Minneapolis. The Play is about 6 monologues from different actors that place true stories together in different intervals. Honestly to hear the word Play it wasn’t what I expected. It wasn’t much action or many scenes to see. It was like the author left it up to you to draw a picture. Maybe it was because he didn’t want six different stages or it may have take to much time. Either I’m not sure I did enjoy myself only I did wish it was more theater than imagination.

The stage places together the stories of six “convicted’ death row inmates who

“Whosoever shed man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed” (Genesis 9:6). With this statement from Genesis, some people could almost feel as if they are doing something religious. In the use of the death penalty the concern of executing the innocent remains abroad. The death penalty has also been known for being used in unfair ways. For instance, women are rarely sentenced to death, although twenty percent of homicides are committed by women. Also, an inappropriate number of non-whites have been executed. In the 20th century, when the death penalty was used for rape, no white men were executed for raping non-white women whereas most black offenders who raped white women were executed. As a person against capital punishment, I feel more thought should be placed on a matter that involves taking someone's life. In my mind and the mind of many others the death penalty will always remain defined as “disciplinary” execution. Our criminal justice system cannot be made fail-safe because it is

bound to occur. And the store and life of the six people that were presented In The Exonerated expressed this well. So I encourage you to indulge in the history and present of America’s death penalty.

run by human beings, who are fallible? Execution of innocent persons is

did time

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