Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The Benefits of the Death Penalty (argumentative)

Crime is everywhere. Wherever we look we find criminals to crime. Criminals have become a part of our daily lives. Does this mean we let them be darkness of our society? No, definitely not. Eliminating crime and criminals is our duty and we cannot ignore it. Some criminals commit crime because they have no other option to survive, but some do it for fun. I do not advocate death penalty for everybody. A person, who stole breap from a grocery store, definitely does not deserve death penalty. However, a serial killer, who kills people for fun or for his personal gain, definitely deserves death penalty. I support death penalty because of several reasons. Firstly, I believe that death penalty serves as a deterrant and helps in reducing crime. secondly, it is true that death penalty is irreversable, but it is hard to kill a wrongly convicted person due to the several changes given to the convicted to prove his innocence. Thirdly, death penalty assures safety of the society by eliminating these criminals.
Deterrance means to punish somebody as an example and to create fear in other people for the punishment. Death penalty is one of those extreme punishments that would create fear in the mind of any sane person. Eveybody fears death, even animals. Most criminals would think twice if they knew their own lives were at stake. Although there is no statistical evidence that death penalty deters crime,but we have to agree that most of us fear death. Suppose there is no death penalty in a state and life imprisonment without parole is the maximum punishment. Some criminals may think that they would never be caught, and just keep commiting crimes, learn a lesson that every criminal is eventually caught.
Anti-death penalty advocates believe that penalty is irreversible and may become a cause of irriversible mistakes. Once a person has been sentenced to death and thus death penalty practiced, there is nothing that can be done to undo the punishment if the accused turns out to be innocent. I agree that death penalty is irreversible, but the chance of making a mistake in death penalty is extremely low. Death penalty is considered an extreme punishment and the judicial system takes a lot of care in finalizing the decision. when an innocent person is sentenced to death, it is not the fault of the punishment itself, but the trial that led to this punishment. There have been cases in which a person has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, and then after several years, it was revealed that the person was innocent. No court or compensation in this world can return the horrifying years spent in the prison by that innocent person.
Some people might think that death penalty is inhuman and barbarous, but ask those people who have lost their beloved or whose lives have been tied to a hospital bed because of some barbarous person. I am sure they would be very unhappy to see the person who ruined their lives just getting few years of imprisonment. Anti -death penalty supporters believe that death penalty is barbarous. Well! So is murder. Death penalty is not revenge. Rather, it is a matter of putting an end to a life that has no value for other human lives. I believe that if one cannot value the life of another human being, then one's own life has no value.
Death penalty is good and serves a definite purpose of reducing crime as well as bringing justice to the criminals and innocent. In order to serve its purpose, it must be adjusted and made more effective and efficient. The justice system has changed dramatically in the past thirty years in order to make sure that the rightly accused is brought to justice. I believe that death penalty should not be abolished, as it ensures the safety of the society, brings justice. I believe that death penalty should not be abolished, as it ensures the safety of the society, brings justice to those who have suffered and most importantly helps in reducing crime and criminals in our society. Death penalty is important to keep the brightness of justice and public safety shining brightly on our society.

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