As in, move forward not backwards.
From the oped:
"The death penalty is on its way to becoming a relic of a past era. Illinois recently became the 16th state to end the death penalty when its governor signed a bill repealing that state's capital punishment law and reallocating funds from its Capital Litigation Trust Fund to provide services to murder victims' family members and law enforcement ..."
"Instead of turning back the clock to a time when tainted prosecutions and racial bias were tolerated in our death penalty system, North Carolina needs to face the truth and join Illinois and the growing number of states that have concluded that tinkering with the machinery of death just isn't enough. We must eliminate it altogether."
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2011/03/29/1078954?sac=Opin
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