Capital punishment, or better known as the death penalty, is a very controversial issue in the United States today. The death penalty has been viewed by many people as wrong, while still other people see the death penalty to be acceptable in today's society. People who oppose the death penalty complain that it is morally wrong, and the majority of the people who receive the death penalty are wrongfully treated, either due to race, poverty, or even gender. Even though many people oppose the death penalty, there are still people, such as myself, who feel that the death penalty should be accepted in the United States today. Whether it is to reduce overcrowding in prisons, or to cut down on serious crimes, I feel that the death penalty should be accepted in the United States and in other countries around the world.

Some people in the United States feel that the death penalty is wrong and should be abolished. People believe that capital punishment diminishes all of us and contributes towards a brutal cycle of violence, which is all too prevalent in our society (Capital 105). People also are unconvinced that our soci

While people believe that the death penalty should be abolished, I, along with many other people feel that the United States should keep the death penalty. The main reason I think that we should keep the death penalty in the United States is because of the overpopulation of many prisons around the country. Due to this overpopulation of prisons, the American people have to spend tax dollars to keep the many prisoners incarcerated. Another reason I feel that we need to keep the death penalty is because I think that people who kill should get the same treatment done to them as they did to someone else.

ety can teach that killing is wrong by killing those who kill. Opponents of the death penalty also claim that minorities and poor defendants are more likely to be convicted and receive the death penalty than white and wealthy defendants (Capital 79). Statistics tend to show that Black defendants who were convicted of killing Whites were most likely to receive death sentences than White murderers (Capital 79).

People who oppose the death penalty complain that race is a big factor in the sentencing of the death penalty. If someone feels that they have

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