According to Ernest van den Haag, a retired professor of jurisprudence and public policy at Fordham University, in the United States each year there are nearly

20,000 homicides. So one would think that there would be close to 20,000 death penalties issued accordingly. But there isn't. In fact, not even 300 of the convicted are threatened with a death penalty sentence, and those that are given a death penalty sentence doesn't guarantee that they will even see the execution room. With an average waiting time of six to seven years only about 20 executions occur each year nationwide. "Murderers do not deserve to survive their victims"(van den Haag). I think that this is something that society, as a whole needs to take into severe consideration.

All in all the death penalty is indeed a great price to pay for a crime. But you have to take into consideration that the convicted took away the life of another citizen. Life is much too precious to overlook murderers so that they can get off with what they have done once only to do the same thing again. Everyone is supposed to take responsibility for their actions, including murderers. I don't think that making a killer sit in jail and think about what he did for five years is adequate punishment. "Do

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