Should The Death Penalty Be Abolished In Canada

“My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy the government is me, and if the government kills somebody then I'm killing somebody”- Steve Earle. The death penalty is an issue where many individuals had agreements and disagreements. Whether if one agrees or disagrees, you can not deny the fact that the system is flawed and innocent people can be sacrificed for another's crime. I believe that the Death Penalty should not be re--enacted in Canada for the following reasons, its immorality, due to high cost of executions, and the death penalty goes against the Canadian law.

First, the death penalty proves to be an inhumane act of moral justice. Whether the individual is guilty or innocent,

deciding who deserves death and who doesn't should not be an option. According to an article written by Kourosh Zakeri “He was injected with a triple-drug cocktail, and at the point where he should have gone unconscious, he instead experienced a seizure. Struggling against the restraints, he said, “Something’s wrong.””. This states that the individual went through physical and mental torture. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. The death penalty goes against the universal declarations of humans rights, such as no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Like Gandhi said “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind”. An eye for an eye, is like death for a death, is the type of justice that most countries still holds on to. Individual can not be punished by the same crime he/she is guilty of. The death penalty is a way of taking revenge and calling it punishment. Which should not be morally accepted.

Second, the death penalty costs more than life without parole. Death penalty cases are more expensive due to attorney pay, experts and housings. It is Less expensive to imprison criminals for life than to execute. “It's 10 times more expensive to kill them than to keep them alive,” though most Americans believe the opposite, said Donald McCartin, a former California jurist known as “The Hanging Judge of Orange County” for sending nine men to death row. NBCNews. According to a recent study on NBC shows that total Estimated Death Penalty Costs is $1,733,443 which includes Court, $1,028,700, Prison $606,928, Execution $97,815 and this does not include the costs of Attorney trials and prosecution costs. Killing is a crime, and by executing criminals the government involves its own citizens in this barbaric act financially. The government does not pay for each of the executions that occur, this money comes from citizens and taxes. Due to which, taxes could be raised to support the executions. I personally would not be happy with paying taxes just to support executions, there had been reported cases of innocent individuals getting executed in the past, that had been hidden prob the public eye.

Third, the death penalty goes against the Canadian Law and should not be re-enacted in Canada.

The Canadian charter of rights and freedom states that Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. Therefore every individual has the right to life, and has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. Capital punishments are cruel and unnecessary punishment that should not be supported. Speaking of rights, if the government is dealing with issues or problems of its own, cannot be trusted with the life of its own citizens. According to Samuel Gross, lead author of the study and a University of Michigan Law School professor said “The great majority of innocent people who are sentenced to death are never identified and freed.” How can the citizens maintain their trust in a government where the majority of such cases are hidden from the public eye. As it has been said that two wrongs don't make right. Sending someone on death row, and when proven innocent , it's hidden from the public eye. This goes against all the rights and freedoms of an individual. An eye for an eye should not exist in the government because that encourages more cruelty. The world is not perfect, by reintroducing the death penalty would not help in stopping crimes. Instead the the families of the victims will thirst for revenge. I believe the punishment for crimes such as pre-meditated murder, serial killing, raping and killing a child, killing a police officer should be lifetime in prison. Many argue, for intense crimes the punishment should be death. If everyone believed in such reasons, then peace and harmony would be out of this world. This could also lead into individuals thinking , that if such crimes are punished by death they might as well take matters into their own hands. Therefore promoting more crimes then stopping

crimes.

In conclusion. conducting the Death penalty may bring in fear in society but will not maintain a crime free society. We as a society become the murderers by murdering the murder sending a message that it is okay to take an individual's life due to them deserving the punishment. Therefore Capital punishments should be outlawed due to being an inhuman act or moral justice, high costs of executions and it goes against the rights and freedom of an individual.