An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye

Throughout the last several years, the belief for the need of executing criminals of serious crimes has increased in the United States. The largest complaint to the implementation of the death penalty is the publics’ fear of future uncovered evidence that would prove the innocence of the accused criminal. However the majority feel the death penalty is a sound resource due to the unlikelyhood of this possible mistaken identity. The benefits far outweigh the rare possibility of a wrongfully accused criminal being acquitted. The unquestionable benefits to utilize this, speak for themselves with the distributed sentence of the death penalty amongst all races, the reason of conviction to warrant the death penalty, and the dramatic cost to you, the taxpayer.
By the beginning of the 21st Century, the death penalty is overseen by most nations as an inhuman and cruel punishment. “106 nations, as well as 30 countries have abolished it, since 1990.”(001) Yet, the ...