Death Penalty

Death Penalty

When making the decision of a judge sentencing the life of a criminal, the death penalty should not be one of them. In fact, the death penalty should not exist. Why would someone ever want to take someone's life after committing an unforgivable crime? Giving criminals the death penalty will not bring back the lives of those killed, nor make anyone happy in the end. It would just create more sadness. While deciding the punishment for a person, there should be alternate ways to giving them what they deserve. If the public can be protected from convicts simply by the government stationing the criminals in prison, then surely, the criminals should be stationed in prisons. The defenders of the death penalty however, feel that the criminals deserve worse. This is a very cruel and unusual punishment that should not be legal in any state.

When given the death penalty, many lives are taken away, but not all of the people sentenced are the ones responsible for the crime. The primary problem many judges face is having incriminating evidence that may seem true but it is not. Therefore, an innocent life may be taken. Being framed is the primary problem many people will always face if someone is actually innocent and going towards a death penalty. As a lot of people may not believe, making the decision to putting someone to the penalty may not always be the verdict to the crime. There are many innocent people killed, and to their last dying breath, they claim their innocence. "Whether the citizens support or oppose capital punishment, there is mounting evidence that the system is broken. A review of death penalty judgments over a 23-year period found a national error rate of 68 %. In a matter of life and death, people are getting it wrong more than 2 out of every 3 times. There needs to be a moratorium on executions, to give people time to figure out why the system is not working." (Punkerslut)

Even though the death penalty seems like a favorable punishment for people who have committed crimes, it has no effect on the deteration of crimes. When a crime is planed, the criminal ordinarily concentrates on escaping detection, arrest, and conviction. Air piracy, drive-by shootings, and kidnapping for ransom are among the graver felonies that continue to be committed because some individuals think they are too clever to get caught. Most capital crimes can also be committed in the head of the moment. A crime can happen sometimes during moments of great emotional stress, or under the influence of drugs alcohol, and when logical thinking has been suspended. In such cases, violence is inflicted by