Speech On Death Penalty

Some say that revenge is sweet but sentencing the death penalty to someone for killing is bitter. In the olden days the idea of the death penalty was an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. It only seemed fair that if a man took the life of another man, than it seemed reasonable that the murder’s life should be taken. However, these punishments should no longer be in tune with the present civilized time, where human beings enjoy having equal rights and to be respected by one another. Think to yourselves, does it make sense to execute an individual that murdered another person? Capital punishment does not solve anything, it does not bring the person murdered back to life, nor does it allow to fix the problem. Instead, there are two dead people. Do we really want a government that decides who lives and who dies? Humans should not have the power to dictate who has the right to live. My objective with this speech, is to make you students reflect on the cons of capital punishment and make your form your …show more content…
My immediate answer would be yes. If someone murdered a person I cared about, I would want the worst to happen to them, I have no doubt on it. But on the contrary I have not come across such situation, and I am aware that my immediate answer would be yes because I would let my emotions gain control over my reasoning. This is why the judicial system is important, it should be taking into consideration what is right. For centuries the death penalty has existed, but murders and other crimes of violence still continue to happen. Countries that have abolished capital punishment have seen no increase in crime rates. Therefore, government should not be using the excuse that if the death penalty is abolished the crime rate will increase as there is no evidence to support such