FREE ESSAY ON DEATH PENALTY

DEATH PENALTY

I believe that the death penalty is the best and fairest punishment for people who have
taken other people's lives. Here are some interesting facts about the death penalty. Did
you know that 70% of all Americans support the death penalty? Murder rates have also been
down since the death penalty was reinforced.And rehab techniques are so underdeveloped
that no one is ever certain that a murderer
can be rehabilitated.
First of all, if someone has taken someone else's life, in most cases their life should
be taken also. If a person is so imcompassionate for human beings and just doesn't care
what happens to anyone; if they are sick enough to take the life of someone else, their
life should be taken also. 
Second of all, would you rather pay for someone to be in prison for life in an
environment that is most likely better than where they were if they weren't there? You
can argue that capital punishment costs more tax dollars. However, would you rather pay
for someone who has brutally taken the life of someone else to die than
have them stay in a prison that is nicer than where they would be on the street if they
weren't in prison? For example, Consider crime as a career alternative. It is, you know.
Granted it's not a viable alternative for me or you. The consequences of being caught
would be far too great -- we have too much to lose. But consider, of all the
things we're not willing to risk sacrificing, there are lots and lots of people who
don'thave those things. For someone in that position, consider the advantages: 
No education requirements. 
No previous experience needed. 
No startup capital required in most cases, and minimal capital required in any case. 
Flexible work hours. 
Be your own boss. 
Medical and retirement plans provided free by the government. 
Low risk. 
Low risk? Well, yes. The odds of being apprehended at all are very low, and even if you
are arrested you'll get free legal assistance And plus, prisons are becoming more and
more crowded. The government's solution to overcrowded prisons is to spend billions of
tax dollars to make more of them. This is a lot more
than it is going to cost the government to execute someone.
Next, since most inmates receive parole when they have life in prison for killing
someone, the murderer is back on the street in 20-40 years. Would you want them back out
there killing more innocent people? Since the prisons are becoming more and more crowded,
people in the prisons are more likely to be let out earlier to make room for more
prisoners, putting the original murderers back out on the streets
Lastly, and I believe, most importantly, what if someone were to brutally murder one of
your family members. Wouldn't you want the murderer to die? Why would you want them still
in a jail, knowing that he is receiving ample amounts of food and still living his life
after killing someone so close to you?
Most people who are against the death penalty argue that it is cruel and unusual
punishment. What they don't think about is what
the murderer did was also cruel and unusual. You can also argue that the death penalty is
not biblically right, but I believe God was addressing the legal community in Leviticus
24:7 when he says, "And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death," and in
Numbers 35:31 when he says, "Ye shall take no satisfaction or ransom
for the life of a murderer which is guilty of death:but shall surely be put to death."
Men have never ceased to kill their own kind. They have killed in war, in anger out of
envy or gain, and have enacted laws authorizing them to kill those who violate God's
laws. In doing these things, they have violated God's law which forbids the killing of
all men.
The solution to the question of "is the death penalty morally right?" is YES. For someone
who has murdered someone else, the death penalty, in many cases, is the solution. We do
not need these murderers living in our world any longer.
It's simple: the death penalty is the best solution to people who have brutally taken the
lives of others. Why would you want someone who has killed another
person:
-to be back on the streets in 20-40 years killing others?
-if the person who they have killed is a member of your family, the murderer
only get life in prison?
-to be supported by your tax dollars in a prison with substantial food and
recreational facilities?
Let's have the US continue to support the death penalty.