Despite the amount of hate a criminal may receive or what they have done, no one should be subjected to being treated as if their life has no value. Once a life has been taken away there is no way of bringing that life back. Every life is should be held with high regards and value instead of easily forfeited with or without reason. Within the Declaration of Independence it demonstrates a view of people possessing such inalienable rights in regards to how they live their life, having liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A person has certain unalienable rights that aren’t earned by any means but naturally owned and should have. When there are huge cases in which execution could have been occurred, but did not the government demonstrates a display of control over the situation in terms that the perpetrator could not. Murderers deserve the consideration of reflecting what it means to deserve something in life. They should learn from their actions and have time to reflect what they have done. Killing a murderer only gets rid of a life but doesn’t teach anyone anything. By keeping a criminal alive they are living long enough to see the results of their actions and how that guilt will haunt them to their grave. Without capital punishment they will otherwise serve a long sentence in jail reflecting what they have done. Time in jail deprives criminals of their freedom to do what they please with their
Despite the amount of hate a criminal may receive or what they have done, no one should be subjected to being treated as if their life has no value. Once a life has been taken away there is no way of bringing that life back. Every life is should be held with high regards and value instead of easily forfeited with or without reason. Within the Declaration of Independence it demonstrates a view of people possessing such inalienable rights in regards to how they live their life, having liberty and the pursuit of happiness. A person has certain unalienable rights that aren’t earned by any means but naturally owned and should have. When there are huge cases in which execution could have been occurred, but did not the government demonstrates a display of control over the situation in terms that the perpetrator could not. Murderers deserve the consideration of reflecting what it means to deserve something in life. They should learn from their actions and have time to reflect what they have done. Killing a murderer only gets rid of a life but doesn’t teach anyone anything. By keeping a criminal alive they are living long enough to see the results of their actions and how that guilt will haunt them to their grave. Without capital punishment they will otherwise serve a long sentence in jail reflecting what they have done. Time in jail deprives criminals of their freedom to do what they please with their