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Death Penalty Saves Lives “
Today,
one of the most debated issues in the criminal justice system is the
issue of capital punishment or the death penalty. There are many pros
and cons to these death penalty issues. The death penalty opponents
argue that killing is always wrong. But I think that death penalty
can help to limit future murderers. Thus, we can save more lives. And
also the chances to murder the innocent men will decrease.
Million
people are being killed and will be killed because justice system
does not work. And also million people have already been killed and
will be killed every year. According to Isenberg at “Time Magazine”
in 1997, it is said that there are 2.000.000 people who are being
murdered in the United States. The high number of murders in the
United States shows that justice system must work effectively. I mean
that if in every country has a strict justice system, it will
influence the number of criminality especially the number of murders
in a country. And I think that capital punishment or death penalty is
one of the solutions to decrease the number of murders.
Death
penalty is a punishment that is still controversial in the world.
There are many arguments to against the death penalty. Some people
think that death penalty is just another word to revenge. To kill
person who has killed someone close to you is simply to continue the
cycle of violence. But I think that death penalty is not revenge, but
retribution. Retribution is the theory that the criminal deserves
must be punished based on proportion of his or her crime. So, the
death penalty is a necessary and appropriate punishment. According to
Bedau (1982 : 330), it is stated that most people have a natural fear
of death. Think if every murderer who kills someone will die
instantly, the number of murderers would be very low because no one
wants to die. We can’t do this, but if the justice system can make
death penalty faster and make decision in shorter process, it could
save the lives of thousands of potential murder’s victims.
The other reason people against death penalty are some
people argue that the capital punishment tent to brutalize. They said
that penalty is legalized murder because it is like “an eye for an
eye”. The differences between punishment and the crime is that on
is legalized and other is not! (Isenberg, 1977). But I think that
it’s unfair, all people must be punished based on proportion of his
or her crime. Executing someone is not a kind of murder. It is
punishment by society for deserving crime. Death penalty is vital
protect a person’s right to live. Although the opponents of capital
punishment have many reasons to against death penalty, but in America
many people support capital punishment. See the chart below.
Based
on Gallup poll research entitled “Death Penalty” (2007). The most
recent poll there are 67 percent of Americans favor the death penalty
and only 28 percent are opposed. From 2000 to the most recent poll in
2006, support for capital punishment consistently 2 : 1 ratio in
favor.
As
I told before, death penalty is one way to decrease the number of
murderers. So, if there is no death penalty in your country, can you
imagine that one of the potential victims is someone that you love?.
If you don’t want it happens to you, let’s call our government to
enforce the death penalty in our country.
