We all seen stories about killers committing horrific murders and being sentenced to the death penalty. Death and Justice: How Capital Punishment Affirms Life by Edward I. Koch is an outstanding article published in the New Republic in 1985. Edward Koch was a mayor of New York City for twelve years. Which it gives him the experience to write about crime, and he has also written three books which give him the ability to write an excellent argument about the death penalty. The author gives several points and examples of why we should have capital punishment. Koch says this as his thesis statement, “Because I support the death penalty for heinous crimes of murder, I have sometimes been the subject of emotional and outraged attacks by voters who find my position reprehensible or worse. I have listened to their ideas. I have weighed their objections carefully. I still support the death penalty. The reasons I maintained my position can be best understood by examining the arguments most frequently heard in opposition” (Koch, para.4). The author throughout the article makes strong arguments in favor of capital punishment. Koch wants the
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There are people who support it but there are people who are against it. But most of the world doesn’t support or need the capital punishment because they don’t suffer the same murder rate as the United States. 10 Reasons the Death Penalty Should Be Legal in all States is an article written by Dave Anderson. It supports the death penalty too. For example, Dave states, “We believe that the death penalty should continue to be legal, and that it plays an important role in our fight against crime and punishment of the perpetrators of those crimes” (Dave, p.1). He also supports how executions save lives, “Yet more research has shown that when the state of Illinois suspended executions in 2000 there were an extra 150 homicides over the following 4 years” (Dave,
There are people who support it but there are people who are against it. But most of the world doesn’t support or need the capital punishment because they don’t suffer the same murder rate as the United States. 10 Reasons the Death Penalty Should Be Legal in all States is an article written by Dave Anderson. It supports the death penalty too. For example, Dave states, “We believe that the death penalty should continue to be legal, and that it plays an important role in our fight against crime and punishment of the perpetrators of those crimes” (Dave, p.1). He also supports how executions save lives, “Yet more research has shown that when the state of Illinois suspended executions in 2000 there were an extra 150 homicides over the following 4 years” (Dave,