By the Equal Justice Initiative’s count, one person is exonerated for every eight people executed. And not everyone who is innocent is exonerated. That's an ex

By the Equal Justice Initiative’s count, one person is exonerated for every eight people executed. And not everyone who is innocent is exonerated. That's an extraordiarily high failure-of-justice rate. Objection to the death penalty need not reflect a view that there are not people who deserve to die. It does reflect the reality that the penalty has not, and by all appearances can not be applied with any level of fairness. Prosecutors, AGs, and governors have simply shown themselves not willing or able to apply that sanction with the equity and seriousness it entails. Time to take that toy away.