s synonymous with kill, as found in
             the Britannica- Webster Dictionary. To kill is to deprive one of life or to put one to
             death and murder implies motive and intent or premeditation. With respect to theses
             definitions, execution is a premeditated event which deprives the accused of his/her
             life. Therefore, execution is as unrighteous and unjustified as the act of murder itself.
             Despite the detrimental errors of the U.S. justice system, the death penalty remains in
             effect and is costing citizens hundreds of millions of dollars. California has undergone an
             economic recession and many social programs have had to be cut, but the state
             "continues to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the death penalty" (Bedau 408).
             And between 1977 and 1995, 18 years, California has experienced two executions by
             lethal injection (United States Department of Justice 16). How much longer will the
             death penalty be enforced before the federal and state governments realize that it is
             becoming "unmanageably expensive" to fund capital cases (Bedau 409)? Financial
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