Texas Death Penalty

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In this country, The Death Penalty is used to punish some of the worst criminals. The country decides to take their lives for the crimes they have committed, The Death Penalty, also known as Capital Punishment, has been used ever since 1750 B.C. Which means that thousands have died, brutally, for what the have done and yet some say Capital Punishment is known as Justice.

However, there are many that believe The Death Penalty is in fact a method of punishment. They believe that if you have committed a heinous crime, lethal injection, electrocution or gas chamber must kill you. Hanging and firing squad have executed other criminals. Texas became the first to state to murder a prisoner using lethal injection. Currently, some 75% of executions
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I do not believe that society has any right to decide if a person lives to see another day. However, I do not support the criminals and their actions. Of course, what they did was wrong, but I have always been taught that two wrongs do not make a right. It is known that more than two countries a year, on average, have abolished The Death Penalty completely. In 1999, ninety-eight people were killed in 20 states. That’s one execution every 3.72 days. Around the world, moratoriums on Capital Punishment are gathering momentum. Moratoriums would temporally prolong The Death Penalty while task forces discuss the fairness and the future of the prisoner. A “Pro-Life” group called moratoriums 2000 got a boost from the Pope when he, himself, called for a world-wide moratorium on Capital Punishment, Christmas day in 1998. Currently, the group is gathering millions of signatures in a petition to call for a worldwide moratorium on The Death Penalty.

In conclusion, I am against Capital Punishment. I believe life is a beautiful, precious gift that nobody has the right to take away. Even the criminals themselves should not be killed. But then again, two wrongs do not make a

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