The Death Penalty Is Necessary

Committing crimes as horrendous as mass shootings at schools should be dealt with the highest punishment available under the constitution. Mass shooters like Adam Lanza, who in cold blood murdered 20 children and 6 staff members in an elementary school located in the quiet town of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. There is no rehabilitation for a psychopathic killer who takes the life of TWENTY innocent children with neither hesitation nor reason. Adam Lanza is the prime example of a criminal who deserved to be tried with the death penalty as an option. He held no remorse, before he went to the elementary school and slaughtered 20 kids; he murdered his 52 year old mother while she was sleeping in her bedroom. These are characteristics of a man who deserved the death penalty as punishment for the murder of 26 people and suffering inflicted on the families. This man was neither innocent nor deserving of sympathy. In cases similar to Sandy Hook, the death penalty should be an option.

As far back as one can look into human civilization, justice for a murder victim has always been by taking the life of the killer. In today’s society capital punishment is needed to defend it from further harm, bring justice and/or vengeance to the victims of the loved ones, and encourage psychological deterrence. As of today, there are thirty-two states which offer the only just punishment for a crime without parallel and eighteen states having abolished the death penalty.

Not only does the death penalty not deter crime but it is also very expensive. The death penalty costs so much because of the appeal process. The appeal process is a very long and expensive process that can go on forever and costs the government millions. Many assume that abolishing the death penalty is wrong because it becomes unfair to the taxpayers because they think the cost is less than that of life in prison without parole. However life in prison is less expensive than the death penalty (Bedau). The death penalty is actually three times more than keeping a prisoner in prison for life without parole (Messerli). Death penalty trials are costly as well. “[S]tudies estimate that death penalty trials cost $1

I completely disagree with the archaic and obsolete way of the death penalty since it's way to expensive, it doesn't make the crime go away and the person could be innocent. First off , the amount of money spent on the death penalty is tremendous. Los Angeles Times Study Finds California Spends $250 Million per Execution in a 2005 article, ACLU has reported that "California taxpayers pay at least $117 million each year post-trial seeking execution of the people currently on death row;Executing all of the people currently on death row, or waiting for them to die there of other causes, will cost California an estimated $4 billion more than if they had been sentenced to die in prison of disease, injury, or old age; California death penalty trials

Capital punishment raises the very difficult question whether or not it is ethical to kill a convicted criminal. People who oppose the death penalty often argue mistaken identity and wrongful conviction. They argue that long-term imprisonment is the better course of action, because it allows for the possibility that if a mistake was made in the conviction of a suspect, they would be able to correct it without ending the life of an innocent person. They also state that the threat of the death penalty is not a deterrent and people will commit crimes regardless, as often, criminal behavior is committed with the sense that they will not get caught. People who support the death penalty often state that the death penalty is a deterrent, far more than just prison time. They also argue that the death penalty could actually save lives because when a death penalty is carried out, there could be fewer crimes committed in the future.

The death penalty is one of the worst punishments for criminals. There are so many problems rooted in the death penalty.I believe we should get rid of the death penalty because they could be killing an innocent person that has been convicted. We should also get rid of the death penalty because killing someone is more expensive than keeping them in jail for life.People on death row are promised a quick death not a slow and painful one but there have been times when prisoners are taking longer to die and its more painful than it should be.

There is a better way to execute someone without the risk of killing hundreds of innocents, an example is life without parole, an example is Oregon there is the option of sentencing murderers to life in prison without parole. Every day people are executed by the state for a variety of crimes, sometimes for acts that should not be criminalized. Before people die they are imprisoned for years on death row, not knowing when their time is up, or if they will see their families one last time. Not only is capital punishment morally incorrect but it does not help the economy of the states. Enforcing the death penalty costs Florida $51 million a year above what it would cost to punish all first degree murderers with life in prison without parole. Another example is Texas, the average cost of death penalty is $2.3 million, three times the price payed to imprison someone for fourty years. (Death Penalty Information Centre). Currently the state of California is fighting to eliminate capital punishment with Proposition 62, the passing of this proposition could save the state $150 million per year. A death row sentence costs eighteen more than life in prison, all mosey that could be spent on education, public safety, and crime prevention. (Official Voter Information

When you say "there are some crimes that need to have the solution of death," this may be what you feel personally, but it is not necessarily something that can or should be enforced by the law. The United States Constitution bans cruel and unusual punishment. Cruel and unusual punishment is to some extent defined by social mores, which change over time. The United States is the only major industrialized democracy that has the death penalty. Furthermore, the death penalty is not uniformly enforced across the land. Someone who is wealthy and has access to better legal representation is more likely to be found 'not guilty.' The fact that individuals have been exonerated, thanks to DNA evidence as noted in Gross (2005) highlights the imperfect nature of our criminal justice system, and prohibiting the death penalty at least gives the system some chance to ensure that justice is eventually done later on.

Execution is too harsh a punishment for any crime. The United States of America is a first world country, yet our government allows for barbaric means of retribution to occur every year. No one person has the right to take another’s life.

Death penalty satisfies the saying ‘ 'an eye for an eye’ ' which doesn 't significantly eliminate crime. I believe there are other terms of punishment for those offenders such as life-time prison. Death penalty is rather useless in terms of eliminating crime. Although a lot of states have eliminated the use of capital punishment 's , there are few states that still practice death penalty. therefore, we must put an end it all. Death penalty is barbaric and an unusually cruel punishment. There has been countless controversial arguments about abolishing capital punishment over the years, some believe that the punishment challenges our declaration of independence, some believe it 's barbaric and others just simply think it 's cruel when an

First of all the death Penalty cost way too much money. Putting some to death is expensive because of the cost of the injection, the cost of the equipment that they have to use, and the cost of where they're going to do it. In the state of Idaho they spent over $500,000 on Death

Since the foundation of our nation the Death Penalty has been a way to punish prisoners that have committed heinous crimes, however since the turn of the 20th century the practice of Capital Punishment has been questioned on its usage in America and the world as a whole. The Death Penalty is used in America to punish criminals who have committed murders, or taken the life of an innocent person, and while the death penalty seems like it is doing justice to those who have killed others it is actually being used improperly in most situations, while also hindering our economy and is a means of ending more lives than necessary. The Death Penalty can be a valid source of punishment for criminals in the US however due to the misuse of this power by the government it is a huge detriment to our nation and the people that inhabit it. Because of the fact that Capital Punishment is used unfairly, and ineffectively in our nation it is an obsolete form of punishment and should have no place in the United States justice department.

The definition of a Murder is the killing of an innocent victim and for those who are given the death penalty for murder are neither innocent nor victims. There’s nothing moral about how a criminal murders an innocent victim. These kinds of individuals should be removed from society permanently. The death penalty is the only good enough punishment for taking a human life unlawfully and is the only moral action (Van den Haag 1983). Our laws based ultimately on ancient Jewish laws which is the basis of all western morality and is in which the death penalty was practiced. The death penalty doesn’t contradict Christian scripture. There is no misunderstanding of the words an eye for an eye, it’s clearly outlined in the Old Testament; the meaning an eye for an eye is that only the guilty are to be punished. And the New Testament declares that the role is delegated to magistrates by God Himself. In the book of Peter; “whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right” (Budziszewski 2004). The book of Romans; “for rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute His wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God’s

I personally connected to this dialogue because I have had previous experiences and discussions centered on the death penalty. I did not realize the extend to which I despise the death penalty until some of my peers presented their arguments as to why they support the death. I found this very ironic because I previously supported the death penalty. One moment changed my entire perspective on the issue and made me realize the evilness behind the death penalty. My ten-year-old brother asked me last year why we have the death penalty. As I attempted to explain to him, the arguments for the death penalty did not make sense. When you are forced to explain something to a child, you began to realize the extent to which society has already shaped your thinking on an issue and you begin to justify such issues. There was no means for me to explain why we have the death penalty without justifying that getting revenge in the form of justice is acceptable. The death penalty is very hypocritical and reinforces the concept of retaliation and individualism. We tell children during school, if someone hurts you, you do not hurt them back. However, we are using murder, as a means of showing murder is wrong. That makes absolutely no sense.

The death penalty, which can also be known as capital punishment, used to be a practice that was used everywhere in the world at one point. However, over the years lately, countries are starting to have some sense and are starting to eliminate it, including America being one. Sadly, in countries that are not democratic, the death penalty is still being practiced. The Death Penalty is a solution to those who have done wrong in a certain case to a certain degree. It is known to be one of the most serious punishments for crimes committed. The Death Penalty was actually started back in the day for situations such as murder, rape, and burglary. In different parts of the world the death penalty can be different. For example, there are some countries that find it to be the best punishment because it is the easy way out and do not have to go through the process. However, some people may find that unfair. There are many people who oppose this capital punishment, but there are also many people who support it. There are many pros and cons to both sides; however, some main points that are argued against the death penalty are how it can take an innocent life, the cost, and finally just having justice. It is a horrible punishment that nobody deserves to go through when they can spend their life suffering. There are better practices for punishment of prisoners instead of them receiving the death penalty.