Death Penalty Is Not Morally Wrong
The death penalty has been around since 1608, with the first execution was in Jamestown Virginia. The death penalty has been a huge controversy within the United States of America ever since it started. “Thirty-eight states and the federal government currently authorize the use of the death penalty”. (Foley, Michael) Many people are for it, but then there is the ones that oppose to having a death penalty. I am all about the death penalty, but there should be strict guidelines for someone that is chosen to be put to death. Murders and individuals that partake in hard crimes do not deserve to be rewarded by being kept in a jail cell. Murders that have taken someone’s life do not deserve the luxuries within …show more content…
“Another recent study concluded that a death-eligible case in Maryland in which the death penalty is not sought would cost, over the prisoner 's lifetime, about $ 1.1 million; a case in which the death penalty is successfully sought would cost about $ 3 million”. (OUR BROKEN DEATH PENALTY) Although many religions scriptures have supported the death penalty, but almost every religion within America goes against the death penalty and considers it to be immoral. The opposing side also feels that the death penalty could put innocent people at risk. There has been numerous people that have received the death penalty that have been released from death row, some of these were minutes right before the execution start time. This could have been because the individual was poorly defended, and received the maximum punishment for something that he may not have done. For the families that have lost a loved one to being murder, there is other ways to deal with all the stress and issues that they have undergone, such as counseling and other assistance. “The death penalty is a cruel and barbaric punishment. It inflicts inhuman suffering on the condemned and his family, while doing nothing to alleviate the loss and suffering of the victims of crime.”(Full Text Electronic Journal List) The executions of the murder would not help the families with their issues, it would only prolong the family’s
The death penalty has been around since 1608, with the first execution was in Jamestown Virginia. The death penalty has been a huge controversy within the United States of America ever since it started. “Thirty-eight states and the federal government currently authorize the use of the death penalty”. (Foley, Michael) Many people are for it, but then there is the ones that oppose to having a death penalty. I am all about the death penalty, but there should be strict guidelines for someone that is chosen to be put to death. Murders and individuals that partake in hard crimes do not deserve to be rewarded by being kept in a jail cell. Murders that have taken someone’s life do not deserve the luxuries within …show more content…
“Another recent study concluded that a death-eligible case in Maryland in which the death penalty is not sought would cost, over the prisoner 's lifetime, about $ 1.1 million; a case in which the death penalty is successfully sought would cost about $ 3 million”. (OUR BROKEN DEATH PENALTY) Although many religions scriptures have supported the death penalty, but almost every religion within America goes against the death penalty and considers it to be immoral. The opposing side also feels that the death penalty could put innocent people at risk. There has been numerous people that have received the death penalty that have been released from death row, some of these were minutes right before the execution start time. This could have been because the individual was poorly defended, and received the maximum punishment for something that he may not have done. For the families that have lost a loved one to being murder, there is other ways to deal with all the stress and issues that they have undergone, such as counseling and other assistance. “The death penalty is a cruel and barbaric punishment. It inflicts inhuman suffering on the condemned and his family, while doing nothing to alleviate the loss and suffering of the victims of crime.”(Full Text Electronic Journal List) The executions of the murder would not help the families with their issues, it would only prolong the family’s