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Death Warrant Should Be Legal

Autor:   •  April 27, 2014  •  Essay  •  942 Words (4 Pages)  •  1,375 Views

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A punishment is used in order to make sure that a person doesn’t repeat his mistake or learns from it and it should induce fear in him, rather than enjoying it. A punishment is given when a person commits a mistake or goes against a rule, which shouldn’t be violated. Sentence to death is the highest ranked punishment given by the government to the criminals for their heinous crimes. Although people think capital punishment is against human’s rights for life and is unethical, it should be practiced for particular cases of crimes such as sexual assault or when a person is proven guilty of murder. Death sentence is a beneficial way for the government in reducing their financial spending on criminals, which will also be gratifying for the victims and their families. This punishment will reduce the crime rate as well and will be a threatening call for the criminals.

Capital punishment is necessary in order for justice to prevail. However, there are always controversies and opposite views against this punishment. The anti-capital punishment people feel that it is immoral for the government to carry out this because it is subjected to killing. They believe that everyone makes mistakes and everyone should have their right or chance to correct their mistakes. It is true that capital punishment will deprive the criminal’s life and his chances, but it is sure to gain social stability and will be an effective way of deterrent of crimes.

First, death sentence will reduce government's financial expenditure. Every year, the government spends huge amount of money to sustain the prisoners alive in the prison. For those criminals who are sentenced to life imprisonment will stay in the prison for their whole life because of their serious crimes, the government should hold them for the rest of their lives. The prisoners get free meals, clothes, bed, electricity, air conditioning and heating, cable and many other luxuries that make it a comfortable place to live. Many people believe that criminals living in prison are experiencing a better life than others outside. Also, there are still many innocent poor people live in poverty. Think about it, which one is worth? Should we give help to the prisoners who did serious crimes or give help to those homeless, children living in poverty? Instead of spending money to maintain these prisoners who received life sentence punishment, the government can reduce their stress and use the money to help people who live in poverty and promote the development of the country.

Second, capital punishment to the criminal will give comfort to the victims and their families, and make them feel better knowing that the criminal will never be able to hurt anyone ever again. If the criminals who were convicted for

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