The death penalty gives the power to deprive the life from people and should not be enforced in our legal system. This sentence on humans that are convicted of a crime goes against the constitution that this country holds as the ultimate law of the land. As stated by William J. Brennan, JD, “Death is today a cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Clause... I would set aside the death sentences imposed... as violative of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments." (1976). The death sentence allows the Government to break laws that they sworn to protect just so that they can carry out a severe punishment. The death penalty permits for bias amongst the upper class and displays immoral values on this country. For example, “Death sentences are
