For and Against The Death Penalty

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Should Britain have the Death Penalty?

Should Britain bring back the Death Penalty? It’s your opinion. This is a serious topic to talk about because it’s got a lot to do with the life or death of a criminal in Britain. There are many arguments for and against bringing back the death penalty where you might argue for it while others may argue against it. Whichever side you are on know, after reading this you may change your mind.

For the Death Penalty

The Death Penalty should be brought back to Britain for many different reasons.

Firstly lets talk about the prisons. It would be worse to live your life in a prison cell than it would be to just be put to death. What are we? Animals that live in a cage? No. If you commit a crime all they do is put you to sleep and that’s it. Not to live in a prison with good food and water, somewhere to rest and comfy surroundings. People will want to go to jail. There are less fortunate people on the streets that would love to have these luxuries, so they will want to commit a crime so they can go to jail aswell. We can stop this by bringing the Death Penalty back. It’s just a waste of time. Some people who go to jail get let out early for good behaviour! If a person killed someone in your family wouldn’t you want revenge? I certainly would. What about if they haven’t learnt their lesson? They will commit the same crime again and bring grief to yet another family. Prisoners escape or parole so this will give them another chance to kill again. No one ever stays in jail anymore now do they? Know why? We don’t have enough prisons to keep all the criminals in it. Why do we have so many criminals? Because they know they can get away with it. If they get put into prison for murder, they get parole. Commit another murder, they get put in a more guarded prison. Commit yet another murder after that, they get maximum-security prison. What’s the point? They’re just wasting everyone time. What about the public? They will be scared to leave their houses knowing that there are killers about. Too many criminals and offenders get small jail sentences and then they are back on the streets again. Do we want this? No. The question is why should murderers be let back into society? In Britain our prisons are publicly funded unlike others that are privately run. So that means that we are paying to keep murderers and rapists in prison. So why should the society spend their tax money to keep these people alive? Surely the money spent to keep murderes and offenders in prison could be spent on schools or other public services that desperately need the money. 

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Secondly, the death penalty gives closure to the victim’s families who have already suffered so much. Just imagine that one of your relatives or friends was murdered and the murderer got away with it. You wouldn’t want this would you? How would you feel? Wouldn’t you want revenge?   I certainly would. This will equal fairness and the murderer would get what he or she deserved.

Justice is served better. Wouldn’t you want justice? Just imagine if you had killed someone. You wouldn’t want to live with the guilt and pain knowing what you had done. Being put ...

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