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Honorable Mention Sam O'Donnell-Hoff Tth Grade - Parkview Center School Taught by Lucas Ebert The Death Penalty "What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing!" This is a quote from Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables, about the death penalty. The mp'tal punishment is a cruel way of sending the message to not kill, and hypocrit"cal ai V 1 1 - that. Here in Roseville, Minnesota, we can forget that the rest of the world, and even I I PROW Minnesota has outlawed the death penalty, does not mean that you should not care about 4 11 11 11 1 1 11�1111 III I On IHT-=111 ! 71 Me- ITMO J1 I IlCi � 2=4 0 right to life, yet 58 countries in the world still use the death penalty. This is not the only rule that is being broken. Also stated in the U.N. Declaration, is that we a-re all equal W before the law, we have rights wherever we go, and we are all innocent until proven 0 guilty. However, even in the USA these are obstructed. There is no justice 'in the deatil penalty, only vengeance. The place that I am looking at is a country that's probably very familiar. It is OU17 very own United States of Amen' ca. Unfortunately, only 14 states (and Washington D.C.) have abolished the death penalty. That means that 36 states still disregard human life, 9 with Texas leading the way. Ever since Rick Perry became governor of tile Lone Star V 'tate, he has had 234 executed. That is a whopping 40% of all executions carried out in 1V ommilmmw Me This has proven more humane than the gas chamber, but according to a study done 'in 2005, 21 out of 49 tested after death have had low-enough blood concentrations of v ,odium thiopental to regain awareness before their death. Sodium Thiopental is the first %if three injections, and the one that stops the pain by making putting the person in a statts *f unconsciousness, so they do not detect it. Perry has also executed seven people from