We Should Abolish The Death Penalty

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Death Penalty
From the start of our nation, people have been granted the right to life, whether a person is to die or whether he is to live should not be decided by the state. We must abolish of the death penalty because people have been wrongly accused before, it has happened before and it could happen again. Picture this, what if this time a family member or loved one was wrongly sentenced to death, will you sit back and wait till that happens or will you take a stand today before it’s too late. Life without parole, on the books in most states, also prevents reoffending. It implies what it says, and spending whatever is left of your life bolted up, knowing you 'll never be free, is difficult. Life without parole implies that an innocent individual serving life can be discharged from jail. Study after study has found that capital punishment is significantly costlier than life in jail. Since the stakes are so high, the procedure is much more unpredictable than for whatever other sort of criminal case. The biggest costs come in the pre-trial and trial stages. The gigantic costs in a capital punishment case apply regardless of whether the litigant is indicted, not to mention sentenced to death. The colossal costs in a capital punishment case apply regardless of whether the litigant is indicted, not to mention sentenced to death. I believe the death penalty should be abolished because the death penalty is
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Civilized countries do not have the death penalty various nations of the western world like France, England, Germany, and Italy have abolished the death penalty the United States hasn 't even though we are known to be the leaders of spreading

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