Should The Death Penalty Be Abolished Persuasive Essay
Imagine finding out a loved one had been kidnapped, raped and then brutally murdered, then his or her body is found on the side of the road for some passerby to find. Months of worrying beyond belief. Getting the dreaded phone call... Heading to the morgue... Walking to the cold room filled with the scent of sterilized metal. Staring down at the cold, white body of someone you loved laying on a metal table. Nodding when they ask you if it is he or she while you try not to burst into tears in front of a stranger. What is the punishment for the person who did that to your loved one? What if he or she has done that to more than just you loved one? Does he or she deserve to live the rest of his or her life in a cell, being transferred from prison
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“It is barbaric and violates the "cruel and unusual" clause in the Bill of Rights. Whether it's a firing squad, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, or hanging, it's barbaric to allow state-sanctioned murder before a crowd of people” (Should… punishment?). They claim it is barbaric to murder a criminal in front of a crowd of people, but the criminal, in many cases has committed the crime of murder, or an equivalent, on multiple occasions. How does one claim that a rather painless, and rather humane way of execution is anything compared to brutal murders in which those on death row have committed? What he or she has done was barbaric, not the act of humanely executing he or she. Another claim is that that execution can have a sort of martyring effect on a serial killer, and that life in prison is much worse than death. Although, 68% of the United States population fears death, so there’s a good chance he or she is more afraid of dying than living rather comfortably in a cell for the rest of their life. It’s easy to see that the death penalty is the correct way to deal with savage
“It is barbaric and violates the "cruel and unusual" clause in the Bill of Rights. Whether it's a firing squad, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, or hanging, it's barbaric to allow state-sanctioned murder before a crowd of people” (Should… punishment?). They claim it is barbaric to murder a criminal in front of a crowd of people, but the criminal, in many cases has committed the crime of murder, or an equivalent, on multiple occasions. How does one claim that a rather painless, and rather humane way of execution is anything compared to brutal murders in which those on death row have committed? What he or she has done was barbaric, not the act of humanely executing he or she. Another claim is that that execution can have a sort of martyring effect on a serial killer, and that life in prison is much worse than death. Although, 68% of the United States population fears death, so there’s a good chance he or she is more afraid of dying than living rather comfortably in a cell for the rest of their life. It’s easy to see that the death penalty is the correct way to deal with savage