Capital Punishment is a controversial topic discussed in today\'s society. There is a heated debate on whether or not states should have the right to kill another human being. People that are in favor of the death penalty say that it saves money by not paying for housing in a maximum prison. Those opposed say that it is against the constitution, and is cruel and unusual punishment for humans to be put to his or her death. I believe that the death penalty is against the constitution and is cruel and unusual punishment. The death penalty is cruel because you cannot punish anyone worse than by killing them. It is an unusual punishment because it does not happen very often and it should not happen at all. Therefore, I think that capital punishment should be abolished.

Capital punishment is the death penalty, and has been legal in most states for many years. The death penalty did not begin reporting executions until 1930, although legal executions have been preformed before then. From 1930 to 1992, there have been 4,002 executions in the United States (Foster, Jacobs, and Siegel 54). From around the 1930s to the 1960s there was a steep drop in the total numbers of executions in

When we look at the death penalty, another issue is presented and that is that the value of life is lessened. When a person is put to his or her death, that just shows that the human life is not worth living. We as humans should be concerned with the penalty inflicted on society when a life is sentenced to die by a jury of people. Being put to death by a jury of people sounds exactly like a common murder committed by a murderer. A murder is still a murder even if it is sentenced by a jury. Society has learned to accept killing a human because that human has murdered another person. With all of the media reporting executions, Americans see the death penalty as what is the correct way to take care of murderers. People in America have become desensitized to what killings really mean. They themselves might see the government legally murder a person and accept it as what is right. Nothing is gained by taking one more life or adding one more victim to the death count, and the act of premeditated execution isn't any better than the accused murderer and, in turn, is a denial of the sanctity of life. People are denying that life is precious by punishing a person with death, and society lowers itself to the level of violence and cruelty that was posed upon the criminal. Although a criminal may commit an act of violence, that should give no right for Americans to commit that same crime. When a person kills someone there is no justification in killing another; two wrongs don't make a right!

America\'s youth are violated of their rights when they are sentenced to the death penalty. The death penalty has no effect on juveniles because most juveniles are convicted of a murder that is not premeditated (Foster, Jacobs, Siegel 103). Adolescents who kill, usually come from a disturbed family of drugs and violence. Disturbed families generally have physical fights between the parents and children, which instills violence in those children\'s minds. This in turn results to fights with schoolmates, or on a higher level, the juveniles may accidentally kill someone. The juveniles also show more signs of paranoia and illogical thoughts than a non-violent child does (Foster, Jacobs, Siegel 103). The minds of young killers have been shown to be less developed and have lower IQs than average children their age (Foster, Jacobs, Siegel 104). Since the minds of those young killers have not completely developed, they cannot completely understand the consequences behind murdering another human. If they cannot vote or serve as jurors, then they shouldn't be allowed a punishment of death. If children were able to vote for whom they want in their government, then there is a possibility that some government officials would not want the death penalty. They should not be stripped of their rights as Americans and be sentenced to the death penalty.

Capital punishment has been accepted for many years and will continue to be accepted for many years to come. I for one do not think that it should be legal for man or woman to kill another human being. Punishment of criminals should be both humane and cost efficient. It is one of the acts of society that people accept as justifiable murder. Most of all, murderer\'s rights are being stripped away as soon as they cease to live because they were sentenced to death by fellow American jurors. Also, juveniles are one small group that is being mistreated by the government because they are not even able to vote for their representatives. It is an unjust and unconstitutional, acco

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