Citizen Tay calls for Tulsa City Council Resolution Banning the Death Penalty

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TULSA CALLING ON THE OKLAHOMA STATE LEGISLATURE TO BAN THE DEATH PENALTY.

WHEREAS, the death penalty can not be administered without violence;

WHEREAS, the death penalty violates the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment;

WHEREAS, the death penalty does not deter capital crimes;

WHEREAS, the death penalty wastes millions of tax dollars;

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TULSA CALLING ON THE OKLAHOMA STATE LEGISLATURE TO BAN THE DEATH PENALTY.