Is capital punishment a good system?
Capital punishment is the penalty of death for the commission of a crime.
There are many reasons why I personally believe Capital Punishment can be a good or bad thing:
Do we have the right to play god? Would that make us any better then them? Taking someone’s life is a big thing and we do not have the moral right to kill another person no matter what they have done. On the other hand the people who carry out such atrocious crimes are not human they are animals so why should they be allowed to live? We put dogs down if they bite someone. Obviously biting someone and killing someone are entirely different things.
People may think twice about committing such horrific crimes if they knew that they themselves would be put to death if they are caught.
I do not believe that hundreds and thousands of pounds should be spend on someone to keep them behind bars when they deserve to die. There are so many other things we can spend the money on for example schools, hospitals, charities etc. But by keeping them behind bars they cannot escape the punishment they so truly deserve, they should rot away in a cell isolated from the outside world and have a slow, painful life rather then the sweet release of death. Killing someone means they get to escape their punishment while their families are left suffering. Why should the families go through that when it is not their fault? On the other hand it hurts the victims family to know that the animal that killed one of there loved ones is still breathing and may even get out in a few years. Is this really justice?
The death penalty is a political tool, this is how as an example governors can not be re-elected. The criminal is a pawn in their sick games. This leaves me thinking do the government actually believe capital punishment is right? Do they believe they really deserve to die or are the criminals being used for their own immoral agenda?
