Argumentative Essay On Death Punishment

“The continued pursuit of that punishment could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives” Mr. Richardson explains. Father of his 7-year-old girl who suffer severe injuries by losing half of her left leg during the Boston bombing, (Marsh 2). The bombing resulted in the death of four people and the injuries of hundreds. What if you were the parent of this 7-year-old? Would you be fine by just seen that the creator of the bombing is just in jail? Death Punishment known as “Death Penalty” should be legal in all fifty states of United States. People that commit a severe crime like murder, should have a severe and effective consequence, the case must be processed fast, for the relief of the victim’s family. The method use to administer the death punishment is by giving a lethal injection to the condemned. The article from Kevin Bonsor, How Lethal Injection Works, explains the process that it takes to administer the injection. There are lethal injection machines in United States, but, to minimize the fear of a mechanical failure and ensure its chemical effectiveness, the procedure is …show more content…
Like the example given in the article called DNA Testing and The Dead Penalty by The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) where in 1984, a man called Earl Washington falsely confess that he murdered a woman, but he suffered from mental retardation. After fourteen years, with new scientific innovations of the time, like DNA testing, Mr. Washington’s family could prove that he was not the perpetrator. After two more years and an additional DNA test, he was granted with an absolute pardon from the Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore. ACLU said that there are different ways to get the DNA “DNA testing on biological samples such as skin, saliva, semen, blood, or hair can help convict or exonerate with great accuracy” (ACLU 1). Current DNA identification used by police is highly