It Doesn't Have to Be This Way

Yesterday, Dominique Green was executed in Texas. Convicted of killing Andrew Lastrapes Jr. in 1993, he was one of four men involved in the murder, though he denied up until yesterday that he was the shooter. The family of Lastrapes, his two sons and wife, have made pleas to everybody possible to stop the murder of Green, a man they have forgiven and seen enormously change since he entered prison 11 years ago. But, as Texas justice seems to always go, there is no room for rehabilitation and forgiveness, only revenge and hate.

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With regards to capital punishment, things will change one day. In California, I believe that day is fast approaching with the public seeing that the Death Penalty is hopelessly flawed and certainly inhumane. As evident by previous posts, the Death Penalty is an issue that haunts me deeply. It is a remnant of past systemic racism and injustice that is subject to great misperception and myth. For some of the facts, take a look at this PDF. The truth speaks for itself.