Take, for example, the case of a man who is caught shoplifting. He does not deserve the same punishment as someone who is convicted of assault and battery. Most people would have no problem agreeing with this. Yet many of these same people believe that a cold-blooded killer deserves the same life sentence as a convicted kidnapper who did not kill his prisoner. Granted these are both serious offenses, but society's system of law works by degrees of seriousness (Bedau 326). The mental damage done to that prisoner can be turned around, but the life taken away by the murderer can never be given back. The murderer should therefore, be given a harsher punishment than life in prison. In terms of ju

In conclusion, it has been shown how the death penalty as imperfect as it may be, is the best way to counter murderous acts. The punishment has to fit the crime; it's not fair to give a kidnapper and murder the same sentence. The crimes are both horrific, however kidnapping is in no comparison to murder. The death penalty can be a great asset to the people if it is used and implemented correctly. However, there will always be cases in which the innocent will die, but at what cost? The cost is the protection of the people as a whole. This plan my not be the best, yet it is the best that society has at the present time, and until society comes up with something better this is the most effective way to deal with the problem at hand.

0,000 murders and 358 executions (Sharp npag). These numbers are alarming; these numbers prove why the death penalty isn't working to its full capacity, because it isn't being used as much as it should. These numbers need to increase if the death penalty is to be used as a true deterrent and not just a fluke that comes to a very minute few. The program is there, it just needs to be implemented to its full capacity and in doing that the numbers would in turn be more even. Not .06% receiving the punishment that they deserve, and the rest living out a full life. Also one must consider the cost of living to a life without parole compared to the death penalty. A study done by TIME Magazine's (2/7/94) research department found that the nationwide cell cost is 24,000/yr. and the maximum-security cell is 75,000/yr. (Sharp npag). That is totally unacceptable, that is more then most Americans make, something has to be done and done soon, before the tax payer's pay anymore out of are har!

Pojman, Louis P. "The Death Penalty, For or Against." Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.

The Student Bible. Ed. Tim Stafford. Grand Rapids: Michigan, 1992

to have a good behavior. Within twelve years they are out on the streets only to kill again. Or maybe even worse, someone has been charged with multiple life sentences and there is no possible way to get out of prison. Because this is the worse punishment they can receive, they are in effect given a license to kill whomever they can get their hands on in prison. The death penalty needs to be around as an option for those cases in which the criminal is l

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