My Argumentative Essay Final Project " Death Penalty Saves Lives "

“ 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.