Argumentative Essay: The Issue Of The Death Penalty

The topic of death penalty is very controversial, there are some who strongly believe it should be allowed and some who believe it should be abolished. For both reasons there is research that supports each opinion. The death penalty has killed innocent wrongfully convicted people and should not be allowed in any part of the world because killing someone for a crime they committed is not called justice, it is called revenge.
There are there other alternatives, ending a person’s life is not the solution, instead of the capital punishment they should be getting life in prison without parole. Abolishing the death penalty does not mean we are not going to punish the criminal; it only means we are doing it in a way that will not disrespect the life of a human. Giving the person life in prison will make the criminal learn a lesson rather than taking a life away which will only cause pain to the family. We have previously discussed the high rate of wrongful convictions in the …show more content…
The state of California has wasted billions on the death penalty “The authors concluded that the cost of the death penalty in California has totaled over $4 billion since 1978” (“Costs of death penalty” 2008). Being removed from death penalty and put to life without parole, California would save about $170 million per year and $5 billion over the next 20 years. The death penalty is way too expensive and it does not help with deterrence of crime, rather it is only ruining society and shown to increase crime rather than lower it. Having the death penalty does not scare those who are willing to commit crimes; it is the complete opposite “Around our country, states without the death penalty have a lower murder rate than neighboring states with the death penalty.” (“The Facts: 13 Reasons 2006). It has not yet been scientifically proven that capital punishment will deter