Eye for an Eye
Today there is a big controversy over capital punishment whether or not it works or if its morally right. People who favor the death penalty say that the criminals deserve it and is the only way for justice to be served. This statement is very true. Many murderers and rapists today are not serving most—if even half—of their sentences due to early parole or overcrowded prisons. If a murderer is sentenced to life imprisonment, not only does it cost the tax payers money to support them but often their life in jail is often better than that which some citizens live everyday. As of today there are currently thirty- seven states that have the death penalty. A majority of the other states, mostly in the Midwest, have abolished it. At the end of 1992 State and Federal prisons reached a record high of 883,593 prisoners. This record meant that approximately 1143 prison bed spaces are needed per week due to overcrowding. To put this in an economic prospective, on the average each prisoner costs $22000 per year,
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Approximate Word count = 696
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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