Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

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Innocent people have no chance to change their life after the judge gives them the death sentence. The U.S government states that there are many innocent people have been sent to the prison. In the article “The Death Penalty and Human Right”, it shows that “Supreme Court Justices, legislators, conservative political leaders and commentators have all expressed deep concerns about revelations of innocent people on death row in recent years.” (Richard 19) It means that death penalty is danger because there are innocent people in the prison. Under the death penalty, innocent people might not have the opportunity to prove themselves are innocent. The time is limit, and a life is also limit. People would not have the second chance to change anything

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