Katherine Smart Death Penalty Analysis

Should the Death Penalty Be Put to Death?
In this article “Breaking from the pack: the death penalty in the United States Death penalty produces injustice”, Katherine Smart argues that the death penalty is inhumane. The United States is ranked number five in how many people are executed due to capital punishment. Katherine notes that people continue to do bad things even when they know that they could go to prison if caught, and that they could possibly be charged the death penalty. Unfortunately, they are continuing to do those criminal acts. So why is the death penalty still around if it does not end the cycle of violence? Another major issue that Katherine mentions is the cost involved with capital punishment. In California, the average cost of capital punishment since 1978 has been nearly four billion which is about three hundred and eight million per execution. This has been a major problem for a long time. Even Martin Luther King, Jr said “Man must evolve for all human conflict a method, which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” We as a country need to set an example for an individual’s …show more content…
There is nothing good that is coming out of it. Convicted criminals can be put away for life in prison and justice will be served. There is no need to kill as a way to get justice when the alternative is just as effected. Now would be a good time that the United States as a whole ends this violence; especially because of how much it is costing tax payers, and taking innocent lives. As well as it not ending crime or setting an example for morals. Many people are stuck in their ways and will always believe in capital punishment, but that needs to change. Our country is better than this, and needs to be one of the first to set a standard to end capital punishment. I believe that we, as a nation, could be the ones to end