America Needs The Death Penalty

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When a person inquires about death, they never expect that it will arrive early to meet them. A part of these innocent people never see it coming, but they are reconciled with death early as a result of another person’s malicious behavior. These people need to be punished by paying an equal price for what they stole from someone else: their life. Once a person is deemed a killer they are no longer a use to a society, they are a threat. Keeping them alive costs money that could be put to better use. Insurance is granted to them, even though they do not have a job and there are other hard working people who deserve it. They are given a decent home with accommodations that homeless people are forced to live without. There is an abundant amount of gray area in making a decision of this magnitude. The argument of being falsely accused often arises because once a mistake like this is made it obviously can not be undone. However, the Death Penalty is essential to keep the innocent citizens of the country safe.

There is a difference between accidents and out right murder. If a situation can be proven to be an accident in a trial then the criminal will live. If it was truly an accident, the criminal will probably suffer more having to live with what happened than being killed and allowed to forget about it anyway. For instance, on the morning of February 25, 2006 Jessica Rasdall was charged with killing her best friend Laura Gorman. It was an accident. The two women were both at a club and were tricked into drinking. They had never gotten drunk before, the thought of getting into the car, as a bad thing, never occurred to them. She has explained this tragedy to over 15,000 people. At the end of the explanation she woul...

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