Machiavellian Death Penalty

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” (J.R.R Tolkien). Like Tolkien states, even the wisest and allegedly enlightened cannot see all possibilities and reliably truth say every judgement. Each year, hundreds of people are sent to death row, judging them to be worse than animals, and therefore to be treated as such. The basis of the court system and justice system is built on the principles of self-righteousness and the idea that one’s actions determine his judicial or social standing. How can our society, as imperfect and naturally chaotic humans decide to end the life of another? By being human, it means that we are naturally chaotic and vengeance-seeking. Humans should not dictate whether or not someone should leave this world. All capital punishment is is a Machiavellian way for …show more content…
In Washington, the average cost of a death penalty case where the death penalty was exacted was 1 million dollars more than cases where the death penalty wasn’t. This difference is on a scale of 3.07 million dollars to 2.01 million dollars (Collins 4). The cost of sending someone to death row greatly outweighs the cost of sending them to LWP. This evident fault in the argument . This sharp difference is also seen in Nevada, where the cost of the death penalty is 1.3 million, while LWP costs 775,000 dollars (Performance 2). How can pro-death penalty activists continue to boast about the efficiency of capital punishment while a huge cost gap exists between the former and LWP. This simply further proves the inefficiency of capital punishment. These numbers are objective and purely data that cannot be refuted. Capital punishment is much more expensive than life without parole,, and therefore should be