The goal of capital punishment in the United States is one of deterrence. People want to put fear in the heart of criminals. Law makers thought that by having the death penalty it would make people think about the brutal crime before they commit it. Which is not working. Another reason for the death penalty is to keep violent criminals away from the rest of socie

Capital punishment in the United States is useless. It serve no purpose, it doesn't deter criminals from killing it actually make the murder rate go up. It isn't cheaper for the taxpayer to execute someone, but cost three time as much. By killing a prisoner we are only stooping to their level. Keep someone in jail for their rest of their life is more of a punishment then killing them.

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 the execution per year has gone up, so has the murder rate. It has also been shown that states with the death penalty have high murder rates then ones without. In States with the death penalty the murder rate increases during an execution year then a non-execution year.

The death penalty comes down to one thing brutality we are encouraging more murders by executing criminals. By killing a criminal we are stooping to their level. We are solving a proble

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