In my opinion, the death penalty is a justice issue because it unnecessarily takes the life of another person. After learning and debating about the death penalty in history class, I personally feel that the death penalty is wrong. There are several solid arguments for why the death penalty is wrong and should be illegal. First, there is a racial and gender bias among death row inmates. The number of black men executed for killing white men is more than ten times the number of white men executed for killing black men. Also, women only make up two percent of the total death row population. Both of these discrepancies point out clear biases toward both race and gender. These are unfair for certain people and it is wrong to assess someone’s life
