Should the Death penalty be re-introduced?

investment by the taxpayers. Not only dos this waste money. It seems ridiculous to waste our recourses. Theses endless appeals and required additional procedures clog our court system. All the appeals, motions, hearings, briefs, etc. monopolize much of the time of judges, attorneys, and other court employees as well as use up courtrooms & facilities. This is time & space that could be used for other unresolved matters. The court system is tremendously backed up. This would help move things along. The main reason it shouldn’t be reintroduced, for many, is the simple prospect that it is barbaric and immoral/ Whether it's a firing squad, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, or hanging, it's horrific and a crime in itself  to allow state-sanctioned murder before a crowd of people. There is no way of truly determining whether some one is guilty or not, wrongful imprisonment is one-think for the subject and their families to comprehend but wrongfully been killed for a crime you didn’t commit?                We as a society have to move away from the "eye for an eye" revenge mentality if civilization is to advance. The "eye for an eye" mentality will never solve anything. A revenge philosophy inevitably leads to an endless cycle of violence. Hence why gang violence never seems to end? It is important to send the correct message to youth in out society.  The death penalty sends the wrong message: why kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong. Yes, we want to make sure there is accountability for crime and an effective deterrent in place; however, the death penalty has a message of "You killed one of us, so we'll kill you". The state is actually using a murder to punish someone who committed a murder. Does that make sense? Once again a reason to prevail for reintroducing the death penalty is that it wouldn’t take into account mentally ill patients. Many people are simply born with defects to their brain that cause them to act a certain way. No amount of drugs, schooling, rehabilitation, or positive reinforcement will change them. Is it fair that someone should be murdered just because they were unlucky enough to be born with a brain defect? Although it is technically unconstitutional to put a mentally ill patient to death, the rules can be vague, and you still need to be able to convince a judge and jury that the defendant is in fact, mentally ill. Finally perhaps the biggest reason to ban the death penalty is that it doesn't change the fact that the victim is gone and will never come back. Hate, revenge, and anger will never cure the emptiness of a lost loved one. Forgiveness is the only way to start the healing process, and this won't happen in a revenge-focused individual.                                                                        However contrary to this, it easy to argue that on many levels reintroducing the death penalty would bring a reform to our society. Many people still believe that if a person abuses someone else's human rights, surely they should give up their own and similarly, a rapist or murderer had no remorse, so why should we? Further supporting this argument is the mere fact that prisons are overcrowded. Take the most recent case in the media. Lindsey Lohan was subjected to 45 days imprisonment but only served “1” due to overcrowding. Does this seem justified? The death penalty would severely cut down overcrowding – by approximately 9% and reduce costs of keeping prisoners.                                                 Again, a flaw within the legal system has been used as a base to reintroduce the death penalty. People believe that harsher punishments and longer sentences should be used. People would like to see “life imprisonment” mean life imprisonment. People wouldn’t like to see “Rapists sentence cut in half if they plead guilty.” What has the world become. As no action has been taken on people’s views, it seems the logical and more effective way would be to reintroduce the death penalty. Furthermore some believe the death penalty will strength Plea bargaining. Plea bargaining is used in most countries. It's the process through which a criminal gets a reduced sentence in exchange for providing help to the police. Where the possible sentence is death, the prisoner has the strongest possible incentive to try to get their sentence reduced, even to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, and it's argued that capital punishment therefore gives a useful tool to the police. Finally and foremost the main reason argued is that the death penalty provides closure for victims' families whilst simultaneously preventing a dangerous citizens from striking again henceforth keeping the society safe and helping everyone move on.                                                                                         I personally believe the death penalty has no margin for error. If the legal system can be proven error free, then the death penalty could possibly be introduced.  However we will wait a long time for that. I believe the simple fact remains that no-one has the right to decide who lives and dies. The death penalty doesn’t help anybody; it creates a never ending cycle of violent ways and violent opinions. Even talks of reintroducing in have started hate campaign groups on Facebook: “BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY PETITION! KILLERS SHOULD BE KILLED!! I personally believe this isn’t the way forward for society; it’s not the way people should be brought up, having a one track view on serious issues. The death penalty doesn’t offer closure. There’s no way telling how a family will react to the killer been killed. I do truly believe that a family would find a “life imprisonment sentence” (that actually meant life) just as consoling. As for money- I don’t believe they deserved to be killed but I also highly disagree with prison having any sort of luxurious. 3 meals a day? Let’s be realistic, we all heard the recent story in the news of the child molester who was given a private games console in his cells. An Xbox of which he was further given “Xbox live” on. Any luxuries should be removed henceforth removing excess costs. Prisoners should also have to work for their keep. The death penalty isn’t the way forward but tougher sentencing and tougher prison conditions – harder work, less luxurious- I believe would lead to a more effective criminal justice system.