Less than eight days until Reggie dies...

1,000 murders mean nothing.

One moment in time is the foundation of our justice system.

One case is the basis for most of our laws in their current form...

Roe vs. Wade. Miranda rights. The Brady Law.

So Texas has executed 441 people since 1982.

I believe in the death penalty.

We need it for the most heinous crimes. Serial killers. Child molesters who kill their victims.

But if one innocent man is executed the death penalty isn't worth it.

And now we find out that an innocent man might have been executed in 2004.

America's justice system is based on one man being greater than the system.

That's why I can't watch Reginald Blanton die.

Not only was he 18 at the time of his arrest...

Not only is there a lack of witnesses or physical evidence...

Not only is there a question of guilt or innocence...

Not just because Gov. Rick Perry might have executed an innocent man in 2004...

I believe in the death penalty. But not in the case of Reginald Blanton.

The debate about the death penalty centers on one question... The value of human life.

The importance of one person.

All my generation has seen is death.

It started with the crack epidemic. Violence. The escalating drug war that followed it.

All of the cracks in the glass leading up to September 11th.

Since then I have been watching people my age die in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Too many of us have died already.

Reggie is not evil. Reginald Blanton is not the worst my generation has to offer.

I believe in the death penalty... but if you look at the facts in this case you won't find testimony, a piece of evidence, or a special circumstance that calls for an execution..

Carlos Garza, the victim in this case, deserves justice... but Reginald Blanton does not deserve lethal injection.

Justice is not worth the life of this young man.

But that's the system.

The unstoppable system that's going to force me to watch Reggie die.