My Point of View on the Death Penalty
I truly believe that the death penalty is not right and should not be used anywhere in the world. Capital Punishment is wrong to give out to criminals because it costs so much money, is not right, and puts the lives of innocent people at risk. Performing an execution now currently costs more than to just keep criminals in prison for life because of all of the appeals an individual must go through on death row. I think that the money that is going towards executions is a waste because that money could be used for so many more useful things like donating to help find a cure for cancer. Not only does the death penalty waste money, but it also just is not right. No one in the world deserves to die for a mistake. In my opinion people should have the chance to learn from their mistakes and prove themselves worthy of forgiveness for a mistake they made instead of being killed. If an individual is executed they cannot learn from mistakes they made in their lives. All people deserve a second chance no matter how wrong an action is that someone performs. The major part of capital punishment that I disagree with is that innocent people are often times wrongly accused for an action they did not do. Sometimes when court systems are handing out death sentences these punishments are given out to the wrong person who did not commit a crime. I think this is very wrong because if someone did not break the law or do an illegal activity there is no reason that that individual deserves to be executed. Studies have found that people have had there lives saved by further investigation after they had been sitting in prison awaiting their execution. The death penalty is not fair to innocent people because if they are wrongly accused they either waste their life sitting in prison waiting for their execution or are killed for a crime they did not do which is extremely wrong in my opinion. Overall, the death penalty is wrong because it is not fair, right, and is cost effective. Capital Punishment in my perspective is pointless and should be abolished as soon as possible because of these reasons I just talked about.