The Death Penalty

The Death Penalty has been, undeniably, one of the most controversial issues of

our society. The Death Penalty is barbaric. This form of punishment truly shows the level

to which society has sunk. When people stand outside prisons and cheer as prisoners are

murdered, there is a problem. When human life is assigned a value and weighed against

other’s, there is a problem.

Truly there is no purpose to the Death Penalty other than revenge, yet it seems

that our society has come to think that even revenge is acceptable. The state, though, does

the same thing as the murderer does. When a murder committed in anger is punished with

an execution committed in anger, there is something wrong with that. How can one form

of murder be right and another be wrong?

The Death Penalty cannot prevent crime form happening again. The purpose of

the Death Penalty lies in anger and hatred. How can one justify something through anger

and hatred? The Death Penal...