He strongly believes in the death penalty as you can see. But is it the right thing to do to the world’s criminals? Others think not.
There are many other opinions on this brutal form of punishment. The famous basketball player, Michael Jordan himself has said “you believe in eye for an eye until you’re put in that situation. If they kill those guys, it doesn’t really mean much to me. My father is gone” His thoughts being whatever you may do to the murderers it will not bring his father back, so why kill again, surely this makes the state as bad as the killers.
However, if we stop threatening the criminals and give them something to do instead of fighting and killing each other, maybe the world will be a better place with no war or killing. Because the message we are giving off is that if a man kills someone then we kill them to show him that killing is wrong, as the great Mahatma Gandhi said, “If we practice an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world will be blind and toothless.”
The death penalty has increased murder crimes. Data released by the British Home Office reveals that the United States, which retains the death penalty, has a murder rate that is three times higher than may European countries that have banned capital punishment. Surely this proves that the death penalty is not a deterrent to murder
In conclusion I do not agree with capital punishment at all I do believe it is cruel and pointless it does nothing for the family of the murder victim it just shows that the world is just as cruel as the killers, murdering people instead of doing improving things.
I hope this letter will persuade you to do something about this human massacre.
Yours faithfully
James Bolter
The Editor
New York Times
32 Washington Rd.
Washington
America
RG99 6OK
Dear Sir
I would like to express mine and others’ thoughts on capital punishment and to convince you that it is a great deterrent
Is Capital Punishment an effective penalty? Yes. It protects society and keeps order in it as well. Capital Punishment does not stop people from killing one another. However, it does stop a known killer from killing more innocent people. It is a just and efficacious punishment for those who commit crimes bad enough to deserve death.
Governor Pataki issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Death Penalty,
“Since I became a governor, vicious crime has decreased by 11% and murders showing the biggest decrease at even more than 22%. New Yorkers live in safer communities because we are creating a climate that protects our citizens and causes criminals to fear arrest, prosecution and punishment. We believe that this has occurred because of the strong signal that the death penalty sent to violent criminals and murderers: we won’t excuse criminals, we punish them.”
He strongly believes in the death penalty. It has also been proved that the numbers of prisoners under sentence of death decreased for the fourth consecutive year in 2004. This proves that the death penalty is a strong deterrent.
The threat of death puts the fear back into eyes of criminals, it stops most of the thieves, murderers and rapists from doing what they would do. Without it I think there would be much more crime in the States. An eye for an eye is what is said, and this should be practiced when a man kills another human being.
‘Punishment is justice for the unjust,’ Saint Augustine said. I believe in this statement very strongly as it means that the criminals will get what they deserve and it sends a message to the criminal fraternity that crime does not pay.
I believe that capital punishment is good because it keeps the criminals where they should be, off our streets and in jail, making the world a more peaceful and safer place to live.
Yours faithfully
James Bolter
