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Around the world capital punishment is being used on criminals, and I think it is the right thing to do for criminals that have murdered or raped someone. Some people may agree with me and some may think it’s the wrong thing to do. But it doesn't make sense to let a criminal just sit the rest of their lives away in prison. Which according to The Law Dictionary “to house an inmate in prison costs roughly between 20,000 to 40,000 dollars a year.” If you add up the costs for each year it is roughly around the same price as the death penalty costs. According to Amnesty International “ it costs different in each state but it is roughly around 3 million dollars.” Doing this would make the criminals feel the pain the victims felt when they got murdered

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