Facts

The death penalty violates human rights.
The death penalty violates articles 3 and 5 from the Declaration of Human Rights, that proclaims everyone has the right to life and no one shall be subjected to torture.

The death penalty is NOT a deterrent.
There is no evidence that supports the claim that the death penalty is a deterrent. Data actually shows that murder rates are higher in death-penalty states.

The death penalty costs more than life without parole.
Though it may appear that the death penalty should be more cost-effective than housing and feeding someone in prison for life, the death penalty’s complexity, length of trials and appeals, and the costs associated and finally the execution it self make it much more expensive.

The death penalty is unfair and racist.
The death penalty is racially biased and touches primarily minority groups, poor people and mentally ill people.

The death penalty creates more victims.
Executing someone rarely brings the closure expected but also create more victims: the society in general with more violence, the condemned’s families & loved ones, and the members of execution teams who subsequently suffer trauma.

Florida has one of the highest rate of exonerations.
Since 1973, more than 190 people have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence, including 30 in Florida, more than any other state.