Death Penalty-Pros and Cons

Against the death penalty (cons)

Many people think that capital punishment is a brutal, antiquated concept that must be abolished in the

name of civilized society. In the United States, dozens of people are put to death. The death penalty

exercises only the most primal instincts to kill and extract revenge in an organized fashion. Many

people think that the death penalty should be abolished entirely because it will allow society to function

in a civilized manner in which every person has the right to live. People also think that capitol

punishment is hypocritical, selection is arbitrary and biased, and the practice itself is cruel and inhumane.

By allowing the organized extermination of living human beings the government is telling the public that

they have the right to extinguish anyone they think is a murderer.


Society today thinks that race, social and economic status, level of education, and location of crime are

key in the selection of t...