upon what could be considered circumstantial and inferential considerations. He, in fact, had never even set foot inside the home of the victim. Regardless, he was sentenced to death and executed. The case of Jimmy Wingo presents the universally most argumentative factor of the death penalty: the execution of the innocent. It was recently reported that at least 350 people had been wrongly sentenced to death, 23 of which were found to be innocent after they had been executed. A pardon cannot be granted to inmate who is no longer alive. Every time we execute someone, we are sending the most profound message about the value of human life. Despite the nature of ones actions or flaws, we are all still human. We all bleed, cry, and hurt. Where we cannot crawl inside the head of another, the agony of awaiting death must be torture. Would we be so quick to judge if the convicted killer was a loved one or friend? So many moral questions are raised; one cannot even define the tip of the iceberg. Perhaps if we did not attempt to fight hatred and anger with hatred and anger, there would be less of it to fight. We all possess a certain amount of fallacy within us, as we are all imperfect beings. In exacting the truths about right and wrong, we can never be sure. Rather, within our own imperfections, we must attempt to define it.There are no universally accepted parameters for judging the value of human life. Opinions and beliefs vary from individual to individual, and we all possess free will. One cannot hope to change the past. When a person is murdered, it is one of the most heinous thoughts imaginable. But, to advocate execution will only leave us as hypocrites, rather than avengers of justice. The validity of the death penalty is negligible, as is the human ability to weigh the value of life. Conceivably it is possible to decrease the levels of heinous crime today. But, when heinous crime is punished with the same, we ar...
