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I have been reading your article, ‘‘I see a killer die’’. I will be talking about my opinion also my response will cover the reasons why people are against or for capital punishment. Finally I will be writing a conclusion. After reading your article on ‘‘I see a killer die’’, in the first place I strongly disagree with The Execution of Robert Harris which was described in detail in your article. Why should the government kill the killer? This makes them a murderer as well. Even the prisoners with him are using words such as ‘‘this beast’’ to describe Robert Harris, but it is wrong to punish his crimes by taking his life away. This shows that they are equally as bad as the murderer. Why did they not decide to close him up in prison for life time or he could do duties and work under the government’s control.
The quotation, ‘‘torturing and killing cats and dogs’ imply that what he did was done and it cannot be undone. He is a danger to
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Because he just killed two boys. One prisoner said: ‘‘The guy is a misery, a total scumbag. We are going to have a party when he goes’’. After reading this some people might say to themselves, “Why should a criminal be still alive? And if he is still alive is he a danger to society? Robert Harris is responsible for the killing two teenage boys and emotionally hurting the victim’s family. The victim’s family will struggle to recover which has been caused by Robert Harris. ‘An eye for an eye’’, this means if the murderer kills someone, they must take the life of the murderer. Harris was described as a ‘‘beast’’, this shows he wasn’t human because he killed two young innocent teenage boys for no reason. Therefore, others might say Robert Harris doesn’t deserve to live; if we execute him we would save another’s life. If he breaks the law, he knows what will happen next, but he just accepted that he is going to

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