I fully and completely agree with Sam's justification on the dreaded and highly disputed death penalty. Granted we can come up with all the stats and financial issues we want, which of course have an impact on society, but what ever happened to morality? Think of the victims and their families. Whatever was taken away by sick and heartless criminals can never be taken back whether it was murder or rape. The death penalty is not something that is freely given to petty criminals, it is designed to punish those who truly deserve to pay for their crimes.
As for the supposed costs that it is more expensive to execute prisoners as opposed to simply keep them imprisoned I have to disagree with Nic. Granted the costs of appeals and trials may seem to outweigh the costs of not having a death penalty, think of the options. If there is no death penalty then this means criminals will be serving consecutive life sentences to pay for their crimes. Perhaps in the short run it is more costly to execute, but think of the massive build up of consecutive life sentences and its affect on society. The financial burden caused by keeping these people alive will surely outweigh the costs of execution in the long run, not even taking into account the morality of the issue...
Point proven. Now sir, your rebuttal?
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I completely disagree with and am fully against capital punishment. Taking someone’s life is just wrong. It doesn’t matter if they are guilty or not. I don’t think anything or anyone should be able to justify killing someone. The death penalty doesn't exist in so many places for a reason. Killing a person for their crime doesn't help anything. It doesn't bring the people they murdered back, or make anyone feel better. We are just sinking down to their level by taking their life. I just don't believe it is right. There are many other ways to go about punishing criminals for their crimes. I don't think cost should even be an issue. You can't compare money to people's lives, or kill people to save money. I don't understand how that could ever better society. It doesn't even make sense.
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