Crime is something that is everywhere. No matter where you go there is always criminals and crime. Criminals have become part of our daily lives. Is it right? Should we see crime as just being a common misfortune in society? No, absolutely not. Obliterating crime and criminals is our daily obligation and there is no way we can afford to disregard that. Every criminal is entitled to a rightly and just punishment. A person who has multiple unpaid speeding tickets or has done simple shoplifting is not equivalent to a criminal with multiple convictions of murder and should not be recommended the death penalty. There are criminals who kill for the sake of survival, but there are ones who do it for gratification and satisfaction. I do not advise
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It creates fear and consequences to those who indulge in such acts. This punishment is would be feared by those with intellectual reason and sanity. As proposed by pass president of the United States George Walker Bush, “I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives” (Death Penalty Quotes by Presidents of the U.S.A, Internet). If would-be criminals know undoubtedly that they will be put to death should they murder with premeditation? Many of them will less likely be prone to commit murder. According to Paul Van Slambrouck, “Assaults in prisons all over US, both against fellow inmates and against staff, have more than doubled in the past decade, according to statistics gathered by the Criminal Justice Institute in Middletown, Connecticut” (Christian Science Monitor, Internet). If an inmate is already facing life without parole, do you really think it is going to matter to them if they commit future crimes while in prison? No because there is nothing stopping them from their mindset of crime. As Dr. Ernest Van Den Haag, PhD states in, For the Death Penalty, New York Time, “Common sense, lately bolstered by statistics, tells us that the death penalty will deter murder... People fear nothing more than death. Therefore, nothing will deter a criminal more than the fear of death... life in prison is less …show more content…
For example: A man murdered his former girlfriend, their two year old son and her ten year old daughter (The Columbus Dispatch, Internet). However, the man has life in which gives him his life, three meals a day and air conditioner accommodations. How is it fair in any way for a person to murder another person intentionally and still keep their life? Families living unhappy seeing the person who ruin their lives get jail time or mere rehabilitation. The majority of victim’s families find “closure” in the death penalty. Mark Klaas stated about the death penalty that “It does make a difference... It’s about the final judgment. Those individuals I’ve talked to – family members who have witnessed executions — are grateful for the experience, sad that it had to come to that, but satisfied that justice has been fulfilled” (KQED News, Internet). Many anti-death penalty supporters believe that the death penalty is inhumane. In what difference is murder not? Anti-death penalty supporters also see it as a type of revenge rather than ending the life of a person of constant threat to society. As submitted by pass president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, he stated, “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, can not long retain it” (Death Penalty Quotes by Presidents of the U.S.A, Internet). Although, there are not statistical facts that the
It creates fear and consequences to those who indulge in such acts. This punishment is would be feared by those with intellectual reason and sanity. As proposed by pass president of the United States George Walker Bush, “I support the death penalty because I believe, if administered swiftly and justly, capital punishment is a deterrent against future violence and will save other innocent lives” (Death Penalty Quotes by Presidents of the U.S.A, Internet). If would-be criminals know undoubtedly that they will be put to death should they murder with premeditation? Many of them will less likely be prone to commit murder. According to Paul Van Slambrouck, “Assaults in prisons all over US, both against fellow inmates and against staff, have more than doubled in the past decade, according to statistics gathered by the Criminal Justice Institute in Middletown, Connecticut” (Christian Science Monitor, Internet). If an inmate is already facing life without parole, do you really think it is going to matter to them if they commit future crimes while in prison? No because there is nothing stopping them from their mindset of crime. As Dr. Ernest Van Den Haag, PhD states in, For the Death Penalty, New York Time, “Common sense, lately bolstered by statistics, tells us that the death penalty will deter murder... People fear nothing more than death. Therefore, nothing will deter a criminal more than the fear of death... life in prison is less …show more content…
For example: A man murdered his former girlfriend, their two year old son and her ten year old daughter (The Columbus Dispatch, Internet). However, the man has life in which gives him his life, three meals a day and air conditioner accommodations. How is it fair in any way for a person to murder another person intentionally and still keep their life? Families living unhappy seeing the person who ruin their lives get jail time or mere rehabilitation. The majority of victim’s families find “closure” in the death penalty. Mark Klaas stated about the death penalty that “It does make a difference... It’s about the final judgment. Those individuals I’ve talked to – family members who have witnessed executions — are grateful for the experience, sad that it had to come to that, but satisfied that justice has been fulfilled” (KQED News, Internet). Many anti-death penalty supporters believe that the death penalty is inhumane. In what difference is murder not? Anti-death penalty supporters also see it as a type of revenge rather than ending the life of a person of constant threat to society. As submitted by pass president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, he stated, “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, can not long retain it” (Death Penalty Quotes by Presidents of the U.S.A, Internet). Although, there are not statistical facts that the