By: Sahib Lohcham, John Oliver Secondary 01/16/2017 The death penalty continues to be an issue of controversy and is an issue that will be debated for many years to come. The death penalty does prevent future murders, but executing the innocent is a rare but acceptable risk of the death penalty. It's a very interesting issue and for the countries that have not abolished the death penalty, should we do to the criminal as they did to the victim? The death penalty has been officially abolished in over 100 countries including Canada. But for countries like the US, there is controversy. "We as a society have to move away from the "eye for an eye" revenge thought if civilization is to advance. It also sends a very wrong message, why would anyone kill people who kill people to show killing is wrong" states Joe Messerli http://www.balancedpolitics.org/death_penalty.htm I believe it should be abolished because the death penalty is unjust and morally wrong. When someone murders someone else, the correct punishment is not to murder him or her, but to try and help them. Also, the possibility exists that innocent men and women may be put to death. This thought is just horrifying and this should never have a possibility of happening. Life in prison is a worse punishment and a more effective obstruction. It violates the constitutional rights of a human being. It is more of a barbaric and cruel punishment against a living human being and can be classified as one of the worst acts of human nature. "it creates feelings of sorrow for the perpetrators of the crimes". -Joe Messerli, writer for http://www.balancedpolitics.org/death_penalty.htm and owner of the website. Follow him on twitter @Jpmesserli Some also think that capital punishment is dying and I agree. "Improvements in staffing and technology have given us so-called super max facilities where life-without-parole sentences can be served in relative safety. The fact that this alternative to capital punishment is now a practical possibility has fed the shift in public opinion, for most people realize that being locked in a solitary cell forever is a terrible punishment. Indeed, some argue it is a fate worse than death. Whatever deterrent capital punishment provides can likely be matched by the threat of permanent lockup". -David Von Drehle, a TIME editor-at-large, is the author of Among the Lowest of the Dead, an award-winning history of the modern death penalty. All in all, The death penalty does not guarantee safety for innocent victims,, it does not effectively deter crime, and it does not give closure to victims’ families.Nothing good comes of hate, and nothing good can ever come from capital punishment. It cannot continue to be accepted especially by nations that claim to have liberty and justice for all. The death penalty should be abolished. Works Cited Primary Sources Messerli, Joe. "Death Penalty (Pros & Cons, Arguments For and Against, Advantages & Disadvantages)." Death Penalty (Pros & Cons, Arguments For and Against, Advantages & Disadvantages). Balanced Politics, n.d. Web. 09 Jan. 2017. Drehle, David Von. "Here's Why The Death Penalty Is Doomed in America." Time. Time, 08 June 2015. Web. 09 Jan. 2017.
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