I’m for the death penalty because I believe intentionally taking another human beings life then, yours should be taken also. If the death penalty was not enforced the criminal would still be living with the satisfaction of killing someone. Although, they are locked up in prison for the rest of their life, they’re still being fed & getting to live life day by day. Getting the rightly accused to a just punishment is very important.
Some criminals commit a crime because they have no other option to survive, but some do it for fun. I don’t think is right death penalty for everybody, it just depends on the situation to me. A person, who had to kill someone for personal defense, definitely does not deserve death penalty. However, a serial killer, who kills people for fun or for his personal gain, definitely deserves death penalty. The first reason is, if someone who kills on purpose for fun or for his personal gain should be killed.
Death penalty is one of those extreme punishments that would create fear in the mind of any normal person. Ernest van den Hag, in his article “On Deterrence and the Death Penalty” mentions, “One abstains from dangerous acts cause of vague, inchoate, habitual and, above all, preconscious fears”. Everybody fears death, even animals. Most criminals would probably think twice If they knew their own lives were at stake. Although there Is no proof or evidence that death penalty discourage crime, but most people would have to agree that most of us fear death.
What is there is no death penalty in a state and life imprisonment without parole is the maximum punishment. What is stopping a prisoner who is facing a life imprisonment without parole to commit another murder in the prison? Nothing. The second reason Is, that It’s not fair to the family of the victim. Some people might think that death penalty Is Inhuman and cruel, They should ask those people who have lost their loved one or someone who has been tied to a hospital bed because of some really cruel person.
I am sure they would be very unhappy & mad to see the person who ruined their life and their families lives Just getting a few years of imprisonment, life imprisonment or even rehabilitation. Imagine if a woman who was killed was your wife, sister, or daughter. How would you feel knowing that the person who ruined your family Is Just enjoying the benefits of an asylum and an air- intentioned room and being fed 3 square meals a day? Also, en]lying sleeping on a mattress with a blanket in air conditioned comfort and having a roof over his head. I’m sure that would not be a great feeling to have to live with for the rest of your life.
I also think that enforcing the death penalty to someone who has been proved guilty is good because someone in the family of the person who got murdered might go after one of the family members of the killer out of revenge. The third reason Is that It honors God. The death penalty was first Instituted by shed. ” God wants things to go well with us! God wants to bless our nation, but He can’t do it with killers running loose or with them sitting in prison receiving free meals, free housing, free clothing, a free education, and free legal counseling.
God has given man “moral duty’ to execute those who take the lives of others. God also said that it’s not good for the environment. He says that when killers go free it pollutes the land. This means that if people don’t get punished by death they’ll repeat and murder again & also more people will commit murders “Whoso skillet any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one tiniest shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. ” (Mum. 35:30-31). The Death penalty is productive and serves a purpose of making crime more unlikely to happen. I believe that death penalty should not be abolished, because it ensures the safety of the society brings Justice to those who have suffered and most importantly helps in reducing crime in our society. Death penalty is important to keep the brightness of Justice and public safety shining brightly on our society.
