How Is The Death Penalty Justified Punishment

Is the Death Penalty a Justified Punishment? Since 1976 only 1,392 people have been executed after being sentenced to the death penalty (Statistic Brain). Many of the people convicted and executed were serial killers and people who had committed treason. The death penalty is a justified punishment for sane people who deliberately kill and execute people in cold blood. As well as the people who sanely betray their country. As for the wrongly convicted, only 151 people, it seems that they might need to find a better representative (Facts About The Death Penalty). The death penalty is a humane way to execute those who, in their sane mind, murder or commit treason.

The execution of serial killers and those who commit treason is a justified action. Around 65% of Americans support the death penalty (Statistic Brain). Furthermore, over half of the US states see the death penalty as a justified act (Facts About The Death Penalty). From Florida to California 30 states allow the death penalty to be a possible outcome of a case (Facts About The Death Penalty). The most widely used, and most humane type of execution is lethal injection, a harmless mix of drugs that numbs and eventually kills the prisoner (Statistic Brain). So while killing someone is undoubtedly inhumane, numbing and quickly letting the prisoner die is a tiny piece of reassurance for the families of those betrayed and killed. …show more content…
Only 175 people have been executed in ways other than lethal injection (Statistic Brain). All rather harmless ways to die we should note. For example gas chamber, firing squad electrocution, and hanging have been the only other executions since 1976, not including lethal injection (Statistic Brain). Although lethal injection is, by some people, seen as an inhumane way to punish these people, it is in fact the most painless way to