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Dennis Kucinich's position on the Death Penalty

By "Persian Cowboy"

Students Against the Death Penalty contacted all of the presidential candidates (Democrats and Republicans) asking for their position on the death penalty. So far only the Dennis Kucinich campaign has responded to our call. Here is the letter we received from him:Like most Americans, I arrived at my position on the death penalty through a process that involved the application of morality and moral principles (derived from my religious and spiritual convictions), personal reflection, and a rational examination of facts and statistics. In the end, all of these considerations have led me to come down strongly on the side of opposing capital punishment.Morally, I simply do not believe that we as human beings have the right to "play God" and take a human life -- especially since our human judgments are fallible and often wrong...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on December 28, 2007 (boomark / email).