Capital punishment has been a highly controversial topic in the U.S for many years. Capital punishment has been around as early as the Eighteen Century B.C. Capital punishment should be banned in the United States because we pay millions for the death penalty system each year, It's barbaric and cruel, and the death penalty puts innocent lives at risk.
One reason why the death penalty should be banned is because we pay millions for the death penalty system each year. According to the Oregonian, “in 1995 the trials for three Washington County murder cases cost more than $1.5 million” (The). Capital punishment is very expensive and states would save lots of money if capital punishment is banned. “Over the lifetime of a case, executing prisoners can be three times as expensive as life in prison, primarily due to the higher costs of capital punishment trials, automatic appeals, and the heightened security on death row with lower staff-to-prisoner ratios” (Kill). This shocking fact shows that it would be less expensive to keep someone in prison for life then too kill them. As you can see we pay millions for the death penalty system each year. …show more content…
“With all of our advances in the sciences, sociology, psychology, education, technology, and so on, we should have more socially-effective, non-lethal, civilized techniques to punish (and rehabilitate) criminals” (Kill). Capital punishment is unnecessary and is a very outdated and cruel punishment. “The death penalty is barbaric and an antiquated, regressive, “cruel and unusual” punishment” (Kill). Capital punishment is a very cruel and unusual punishment and there are alternative punishments that are less cruel and cost less. As you can see capital punishment is barbaric and
One reason why the death penalty should be banned is because we pay millions for the death penalty system each year. According to the Oregonian, “in 1995 the trials for three Washington County murder cases cost more than $1.5 million” (The). Capital punishment is very expensive and states would save lots of money if capital punishment is banned. “Over the lifetime of a case, executing prisoners can be three times as expensive as life in prison, primarily due to the higher costs of capital punishment trials, automatic appeals, and the heightened security on death row with lower staff-to-prisoner ratios” (Kill). This shocking fact shows that it would be less expensive to keep someone in prison for life then too kill them. As you can see we pay millions for the death penalty system each year. …show more content…
“With all of our advances in the sciences, sociology, psychology, education, technology, and so on, we should have more socially-effective, non-lethal, civilized techniques to punish (and rehabilitate) criminals” (Kill). Capital punishment is unnecessary and is a very outdated and cruel punishment. “The death penalty is barbaric and an antiquated, regressive, “cruel and unusual” punishment” (Kill). Capital punishment is a very cruel and unusual punishment and there are alternative punishments that are less cruel and cost less. As you can see capital punishment is barbaric and