Death Penalty Final Response

         I would have to support Governor Ryan's decision to take everyone off of death row. I believe that he did the right thing by abolishing the death penalty in Illinois as well. We've heard many stories from victims families who didn't feel any better after the murderer was killed and to me that is a very powerful reason. Another big reason why I don't believe in the death penalty is because of the chance that the person could be innocent. This is showed by Governor Ryan in the very beginning of his speech. He mentions the many people who were wrongfully accused and forced to be on death row, one for over 17 years. Most of them were just young teens as well.
       When thinking about the death penalty, I always seem to go back to the old cliche "Two wrongs don't make a right". The death penalty in general seems very nonsensical to me. They are trying to punish people who are doing something wrong, so in order to punish them they commit the same crime that the other person did. This is a very hypocritical way of going about this. I also believe that killing the person doesn't benefit anyone at all. The person is going to spend the rest of his life in jail anyways so what is the purpose of taking another persons life.
          Overall, I completely agree and support Governor Ryan's decisions with the death penalty in Illinois. The death sentence is cruel and unusual punishment and shouldn't be legal anywhere in the United States of America.