It is long past time the U.S.A. became a civilized country:

The Abolish the Death Penalty Amendment

Death is abolished as a penalty for any crime.

This is the shortest and simplest amendment I propose. The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution forbids “cruel and unusual punishment.” Death is pretty damned cruel, and worse yet, it is irrevocable. Only the willingly blind are ignorant of how many people on death row or condemned to life in prison have later been found and proven to be innocent. It’s kind of hard to say, “Oops. Sorry ’bout that,” to a person that has been murdered by their government.

I could go on for hours, but why? So much has already been said.

-Everett