I'm fine with putting it before the voters, vs. the legeslature. Let's make it a public debate. Not only is capital punishment's goal of personal and societal vengeance not worthy of civilized (or, for those who claim to be, godly) people, it's frightfully costly and even more frightfully prone to error.
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Rep. Fields wants Colorado voters to decide death penalty question
A lawmaker who saw her sons killers sentenced to die says Colorado voters — and not 100 lawmakers under the state Capitols golden dome — should decide whether to abolish the death penalty.
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see what happens when you allow recreational herb? folks get all civilized and shit