Thread by @LeeCamp

The U.S. has begun federal executions of inmates again.

1) At least 4% of those executed are completely innocent.

2) A much larger percentage than that are severely mentally ill.

3) The #1 determinant of whether someone gets executed is the race of the victim - meaning it "matters" much more if you kill a white person.

4) The chemicals used to kill people have to be secretly collected by our gov't because most nations & companies refuse to make them.

5) Many justify the death penalty by saying "an eye for an eye," but that is not how our legal system has ever worked. If someone steals your eye, the court never sentences them to lose their eye.

6) The first electric chair was funded by Thomas Edison in order to make people horrified of alternating current (the competitor to his direct current).

7) It had the reverse effect. People simply ended up being terrified of electricity - they didn't care which kind of current.

Once you know the facts, there's no justification of capital punishment. It's a barbaric, animalistic, Medieval practice that has been banned in most countries.

Learn more -
portable.tv/videos/deathpe…