Inhumane Death Penalty

Life and death are two different things, but they go along together. When one life ends another one begins, it is the circle of life. Both are beautiful and strange and they should be respected. With this in mind, we should get rid of the death penalty. The death penalty should be terminated for good because it is inhumane, because the convicts can be innocent, and because it promotes violence.
Many people believe sentencing the criminal to the death penalty is the proper thing to do. Their reasons are that by executing criminals, crime rates will decrease in the community and it will bring the grieving families closure to see an end to them. By knowing they will cause no harm to anyone else. It is understandable that families would want to …show more content…
It is inhumane because in many known cases it has been known for the officials to fail to execute the prisoners in a proper manner instead there is,“...rooms full of witnesses shifting miserably in their seats as unconscious men writhe and snort and gasp while strapped to gurneys...” (Drehle). That is a ghastly thing to watch and know you can not do anything about it. It also does not make you a better person than them, by doing the same thing they did. It is also inhumane because we are ending someone 's life something that we did not start, therefore, should not be allowed to end. Especially when there is a “...ban on cruel and unusual punishments...” (Drehle) and one is not able to follow those simple rules. These are the rules that are implemented to make sure that no one is treated unfairly. So everyone needs to follow the rules, and if they do decide to execute someone it should then be pain-free. Because it would then be a violation of our eighth amendment which is no cruel and unusual …show more content…
If we want to live in a society that does not kill, the United States of America should be a better role model to its people. The model should be that killing is wrong and that you will receive a punishment. Instead of having the model to be, killing is wrong so we will kill you. Society is like children and the United States of America is their role model. When you have role models you want to be like them and follow their example. If the example the United States of America puts is killing, society will see the example and will want to follow it. It is a cycle called, “The brutalization effect” (Brook) and it “suggests that when violence is condoned via the death penalty, more violence occurs” (Brook). It also has been said that, “The death penalty makes society more dangerous by further increasing violence through the brutalization effect”(Brook). So if we want a more admirable society, a better example should be placed upon the people and put an end to the death penalty to stop encouraging