Pros And Cons Of Abolishing Death Penalty
Abolishing the death penalty “You can release an innocent man from prison, but you can’t release him from the grave.” Stated by Freddie Lee Pitts, who was exonerated from death row after being falsely accused. Many people think that prisoners who have committed heinous crimes should face the death penalty for the crimes they committed. Since in the publics’ eyes it’s more cost efficient, the majority of people on death row were the actual offenders, and it is the only way for the victim’s family to seek justice. In reality it cost more than life in prison. Statistics show that more than four people every year are found innocent unfortunately for some prisoner it was to late after they been executed. And this type of cruel and unusual punishment
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Having criminals in death row violates many amendments in the constitution such as the eighth Amendment that forbids the cruel and unusual punishments. Since they have to get three lethal injections in front of a crowd of at least twelve people that might include victims and criminal family among a pointed people from the state. I believe criminals should pay for their crimes but in the most humane and legal way that doesn't violet any type of law. So if were trying to enforce the law for the crimes people have committed, we should also respect the laws in the way we sentence people to draw a line from right and wrong and that why the death penalty should be abolished In conclusion after knowing all that is wrong with the death penalty we should rethink of a better way to sentence people that doesn't make us the real criminals for allowing the death penalty to continue that is inhumane, a real cost burden to everybody and an unlawful practice. My suggestion is to completely forbid the death penalty and instead make them serve life in prison for the heinous crimes they committed. The world would be a better place if we all decided that the practice of lethal injection is a barbaric method to make people pay for their crimes and it should be outlawed in today modern
Having criminals in death row violates many amendments in the constitution such as the eighth Amendment that forbids the cruel and unusual punishments. Since they have to get three lethal injections in front of a crowd of at least twelve people that might include victims and criminal family among a pointed people from the state. I believe criminals should pay for their crimes but in the most humane and legal way that doesn't violet any type of law. So if were trying to enforce the law for the crimes people have committed, we should also respect the laws in the way we sentence people to draw a line from right and wrong and that why the death penalty should be abolished In conclusion after knowing all that is wrong with the death penalty we should rethink of a better way to sentence people that doesn't make us the real criminals for allowing the death penalty to continue that is inhumane, a real cost burden to everybody and an unlawful practice. My suggestion is to completely forbid the death penalty and instead make them serve life in prison for the heinous crimes they committed. The world would be a better place if we all decided that the practice of lethal injection is a barbaric method to make people pay for their crimes and it should be outlawed in today modern