George Gascon Quotes About Death Penalty

• Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system makes mistakes and the possibility of executing innocent people is both inherently wrong and morally reprehensible; (2) My personal experience and crime data show the death penalty does not reduce crime; and (3) The death penalty wastes precious resources that could be best used to fight crime and solve thousands of unsolved homicides languishing in filing cabinets in understaffed police departments across the state.

  George Gascon

  Mistake, Believe, Fighting

• Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated.

  George Gascon

  Death Penalty, Law Enforcement, Possibility

  "S.F's district attorney on the death penalty" by George Gascon, www.sfgate.com. April 30, 2011.

• We need to acknowledge that the death penalty is broken beyond repair.

  George Gascon

  Broken, Needs, Death Penalty

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