Secondly, I think that the death penalty is not a punishment cos the criminal is not here 2 b punished like if he/she was in jail with the poor living conditions and no freedom.
The 1’s who r sentenced 2 death are normally hanged. This method often doesn’t kill the criminal straight away, but lets them dangle on the rope around their neck, until they die of strangulation, slowly and painfully. Some r stoned by the public. This is when the criminal is tied to a wooden post in the centre of town, and is stoned by the residents. In some countries, the size of the stones is regulated so that pain is maximised and the person does not die quickly. This is a pure example of how savage we have become. There aren’t many things as inhumane in this world as c p. Since the public attends, children are coming as well and so lern dat there is nothing rong with brutally killing each other. Therefore, more and more children r becoming murderers. Reason= simple. They c that if they kill some1, they go 2 jail, get the death penalty, and the government, known as the “good guy” kills them as a punishment. Lesson learnt, the finger is pointed to its own actions.
Another reason I think that c p should be made illegal is that life imprisonment without parole serves the same purposes as this at less cost. Right now to execute some1 in the US, it costs approx. 3 times the amount it would cost to have him or her serve a life sentence in prison. The money used to pay 4 the death row (including court appeals) comes out of YOUR wallets. If c p was made legal, this money could go 2 projects in need of the funds like building new prisons.
A few weeks ago in Ireland, a man was released 4m prison who had been wrongly accused of committing murder. He had been sentenced to life imprisonment, 4 this murder. While he was in prison he always maintained he was innocent. It took years of campaigning while he was in prison to prove that he was innocent. If such a crime like this had been committed in America, he would have been put on death row and executed. If L8er on they found out he was innocent, there would have been nothing they could do 2 bring him back 2 life. In Ireland, the man was released and given compensation. Should he have served the time that is not rightfully his and take the needle that shud’nt prick his skin? There have been many cases in America where innocent people have been executed, and this is the main reason I think that c p shud be made illegal. Wot is often overlooked is the mental torture the innocent person goes through leading up to the execution. How wud u feel if u knew that u were going to die 2morrow morning at 8am??
Capital punishment is a failure in the deterrent of crime, which can b seen by comparing the criminal stats of those countries where the punishment is in use, with those countries where it has been abolished.
There are suitable alternatives to c.p. 4m life imprisonment, 4 major crimes, 2 community service and fines 4 less major crimes, such as shoplifting.
Punishment is ment 2 b 4 the protection of society. It claims 2 b a deterrent to other potential criminals. C p is a failure in these respects. It duz remove the culprit from repeating the crime, but this is of very small account cos murders hardly ever come as a string of continuous repeated acts. U must voice u’re opposition b4 u pay dearly 4 it.
Barbarians, that’s wot we have become, barbarians. We kill each other and instead of mourning the tragedy, we want 2 satisfy our bloodlust by killing the murderer. We must lern 2 deal with these people while we have control over them. Yes, we shud punish them, but do not become them. Otherwise, what difference is there between us the criminal?
