The United States is the only capitalist, economically powerful, and industrial country that still uses execution as punishment of the convicted. Great Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, and other countries most similar to ours all have deemed the death penalty as cruel and unusual. The U.S. signed the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights (1948), but continues to use the death penalty even though it goes against several of the rights by using the death penalty.

The death penalty also perpetuates institutionalized racism in a most brutal fashion. Consider this beyond the fact that approximately 80% of the people on death row are black. Consider this beyond the fact that several studies have shown that a black person is about four times more likely to be given the death sentence and the majority of the cases that have the death penalty as a possible punishment involve a black suspect and a white victim.

Consider the racism beyond the statistics. Our country is historically racist against black people, starting with slavery, the first building blocks of our country's economic success. Think of it this way: our country's only slaves since abolishment are prisoners. Prisoners are the only people denied their rights by the Constitution. Does this all not ring familiar? Recall the lynchings of black people in the South. At the time, the lynchings were not considered murders. Today, black people are the only demographic group that are executed for being charged with murder, the other crime being rape. The death penalty resonates with a modernized institutionalized racism based on these old notions.

We are college students. We are lucky to be in universities, pursuing studies and careers we are passionate about. At this time of life, we exist to enrich our minds. The country is going to look to us to be the next leaders because we will hold the tools. Utilize them well, give back to the community. We are blessed with this oppurtunity to expand our minds, let us expand others'. Take a stand and sign this petition. Let it tell people that you do care that there are injustices in our system that need to be fixed and alternatives that we can think of. Let this be an inspiration to take action yourself. Let the world know that we will not stand for the hypocritical, racist death penalty.

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