Death Penalty
Naima AfoattiDecember 7, 2012
“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice." -Desmond Tutu
Several may argue that the death penalty should not be banned. Because murders deserve to pay for their actions. Like Gandhi once said “An eye for an eye turns the world blind, or a life for a life” meaning if you kill someone, you too deserve to be killed. These people, who are for capital punishment, believe that it'll give the victim’s family some sort of closure. It is evident that there are other ways for the victim's family to obtain closure. By executing them, you are repeating what it is they did in the first place. It is clear that by executing an inmate, you the family's victim is not only allowing the government to fund them from tax payers; you are also quickly putting them out of their misery. By allowing life in prison, victim and he/she's family is allowing the inmate, to think about what it is they did. That is the best way to get justice, to know that that predator will not be out hurting others, because he/she are in prison thinking about what it is they did; and are possibly in the process of bettering themselves.
Most people may not know this or want to acknowledge this, due to how terrible of a crime one has committed. That is simply that in the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in a broken and abusive environment. Rarely are people with money convicted of the death penalty, even more often are they executed. That may not be an excuse for what it is they've done, which is why life in prison is the best solution, gives he/she time to process what it is they've done. Most people don't realize that carrying out one death sentence costs 2-5 times more than keeping that same criminal in prison for the rest of his life. How can this be? It has to do with the endless appeals, additional required procedures, and legal wrangling that
“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice." -Desmond Tutu
Several may argue that the death penalty should not be banned. Because murders deserve to pay for their actions. Like Gandhi once said “An eye for an eye turns the world blind, or a life for a life” meaning if you kill someone, you too deserve to be killed. These people, who are for capital punishment, believe that it'll give the victim’s family some sort of closure. It is evident that there are other ways for the victim's family to obtain closure. By executing them, you are repeating what it is they did in the first place. It is clear that by executing an inmate, you the family's victim is not only allowing the government to fund them from tax payers; you are also quickly putting them out of their misery. By allowing life in prison, victim and he/she's family is allowing the inmate, to think about what it is they did. That is the best way to get justice, to know that that predator will not be out hurting others, because he/she are in prison thinking about what it is they did; and are possibly in the process of bettering themselves.
Most people may not know this or want to acknowledge this, due to how terrible of a crime one has committed. That is simply that in the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in a broken and abusive environment. Rarely are people with money convicted of the death penalty, even more often are they executed. That may not be an excuse for what it is they've done, which is why life in prison is the best solution, gives he/she time to process what it is they've done. Most people don't realize that carrying out one death sentence costs 2-5 times more than keeping that same criminal in prison for the rest of his life. How can this be? It has to do with the endless appeals, additional required procedures, and legal wrangling that