The Death Penalty
The death penalty, is putting someone to death if they have committed a crime deemed horrible enough for death to come earlier for the criminals. The death penalty takes many horrible prisoners and their secrets to their grave. The death penalty, a seemingly touchy subject to most, is a morally wrong act, that has occurred for centuries. Facts prove to show that people don’t choose death penalty as much anymore, seen through the decreased amount of death sentences since 2001. The death penalty does not deter criminals from doing right from wrong, in fact most criminals do not weigh the consequences of what their about to do or care, some are even so confident that they believe they will be not caught. Statistics prove that …show more content…
Facts prove that 81% of cases retried were not sentenced to death, and 7% were completely acquitted. For those lucky people, they did not have to die for someone else’s crimes, but those not proven innocent, they may die being innocent. Victims families typically believe the death penalty will not avenge their loved ones, and for those who do simply find out it doesn’t help too late. Revenge has never been a good reason to kill someone, why should it be the same under the law? It’s often seen that the ones on death sentence aren’t always the worst, but instead they just were unable to defend themselves. Some will argue that killing a criminal is cheaper than keeping them in prison, but actually the death penalty costs more than a typically trial. In Kansas, death penalty cases cost 70% more than non-death penalty cases, and in California, death penalty cases cost approximately $137 million per year, compared to the $11.5 million that non-death penalty cases cost. The average cost of the death penalty (U.S.) is estimated to be about $2.14
The death penalty, is putting someone to death if they have committed a crime deemed horrible enough for death to come earlier for the criminals. The death penalty takes many horrible prisoners and their secrets to their grave. The death penalty, a seemingly touchy subject to most, is a morally wrong act, that has occurred for centuries. Facts prove to show that people don’t choose death penalty as much anymore, seen through the decreased amount of death sentences since 2001. The death penalty does not deter criminals from doing right from wrong, in fact most criminals do not weigh the consequences of what their about to do or care, some are even so confident that they believe they will be not caught. Statistics prove that …show more content…
Facts prove that 81% of cases retried were not sentenced to death, and 7% were completely acquitted. For those lucky people, they did not have to die for someone else’s crimes, but those not proven innocent, they may die being innocent. Victims families typically believe the death penalty will not avenge their loved ones, and for those who do simply find out it doesn’t help too late. Revenge has never been a good reason to kill someone, why should it be the same under the law? It’s often seen that the ones on death sentence aren’t always the worst, but instead they just were unable to defend themselves. Some will argue that killing a criminal is cheaper than keeping them in prison, but actually the death penalty costs more than a typically trial. In Kansas, death penalty cases cost 70% more than non-death penalty cases, and in California, death penalty cases cost approximately $137 million per year, compared to the $11.5 million that non-death penalty cases cost. The average cost of the death penalty (U.S.) is estimated to be about $2.14