Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

Murder, killing, fatality, and mortality: all words that are associated with the disgrace that is the death penalty. Debated for decades, the death penalty continues to be a prominent topic for discussion across the United States. In 1977, the Death Penalty was reinstated by the use of lethal injection. Now, each state has their own take on the death penalty and on how its rules should apply to the criminal, of whatever crime they have committed, in said state. Have you ever thought about what a death sentence is? If you sentence a man to death for committing a murder aren’t you just a murderer yourself? These questions are frequently argued over, and there is always going to be two sides arguing: pro or anti-death penalty. Although many American’s believe that the death penalty is necessary for people who have done terrible things, the pros of not having the death penalty surpass the cons with factors such as money, mental issues, cruel and unusual punishment, as well as the possibility of wrongful convictions. One concern that is had with having the death penalty is the excessive amounts of money that it takes away from hard working Americans. Housing inmates on death row also

The term itself has a distasteful aura about it. There have been many cases of death sentences going wrong, excluding the old timey machines such as the electric chair, also known as “old sparky” for the numerous of botched attempts. The new method of lethal injections is used across the country, and thought to be quicker and painless, but this is not always the case. The Washington Post wrote an article about problematic executions including Clayton Lockett an Oklahoma inmate, who in died of a heart attack 43 minutes after the lethal injection process was started. Turns out it may not always be a simple as planned, poor Clayton was suffering with poison in his system for over a half an hour; sounds like