Get Rid Of The Death Penalty Essay

I believe that there is a better way to sentence someone rather then sentence them to death. I think there should be no death penalty because one, it costs way too much. Second, we are taking a life, someone’s child. Finally, the poor are more likely to get the death penalty. There are many more reasons why we should get rid of it but these are the main reasons.

The death penalty comes with a price to the people. First, TaxPayers are paying a ton of money just for one person to die. Research shows that for every case it is about two million dollars. Another point I want to share with you is that it would be way cheaper to keep them alive because I know for a fact it does not cost two million dollars to keep one prisoner in jail for life. This also benefits the prisoner and their family because the prisoner gets to live and the family does not have to suffer the lose of a family member. Finally, if we got rid of the death penalty that money could benefit other things such as schools or to repair roads. The money would help with a …show more content…
Many people believe that it is okay for someone to die if they killed a person or many people, but the person who is going to die has a family, people who care about them. Keeping prisoners alive saves people from being hurt and not having to suffer from a loss. Secondly, their friends and family can still come and talk to them. Every parent loves their kid even if they did something horrible, so why kill them for doing something wrong when you can keep them alive and their parents don’t have to go through all of the trouble. Finally, it is better if one person dies rather than two. Let’s say one family is suffering because their kid was killed but now we want to kill the person who did it and make their family suffer the way the other family did. Parents would already be sad from what their kid has done, now we want to kill them, that is just putting so much stress and sadness on the