Capital Punishment Pros And Cons Essay

Capital punishment has been in debate since we first started executing criminals for the crimes they committed. This form of punishment has been carried out since the beginning of time from the French Revolution to the serial killer Ted Bundy in the 1970’s through the 1980 's (Bio.com, para. 5-10). Today majority of people believe that capital punishment is unjust and immoral of an action to perform no matter what the criminal did. But what people fail to realize is the death penalty has more pros than cons. Prison systems have become overly crowded and the taxpayers are the ones responsible for paying those bills racked up by criminals. For some criminals, they will be sentenced to life in prison which means society is required to pay their bills just so they can stay alive and be comfortable. In simpler words, it is more economic to execute those prisoners that are convicted serial killers, and rapists who will be spending the rest of their life in jail. If by some means, those same convicts are released earlier on “good behavior” or escape from prison then there is nothing in the world that will stop them …show more content…
When it comes to the issue of capital punishment it turns out to be an economic friendly choice for taxpayers of the state. “The state of Georgia estimates that just to pay for those now under sentence. most of whom are in their twenties will cost about US $1 million per prisoner if they live to age 65” (Coyle, pg.104). Those estimates are only for the state of Georgia, not including the entire United States of America. Another thing to consider is it stated “if they live to age 65,” which technological advances in medicine humans have begun to live a lot longer than 65. Most of the younger generation their grandparents are in their 70’s to 80’s right now and still lives a healthy normal life. The problem of economic stability for keeping prisoners not only affects the US but other countries as