DETH PENALTY IS NEEDED

Capital punishment is the death penalty. The death penalty is a law that should be used in every state. The death penalty is a way for ours nation’s families to feel the closure they need. On April 1, 2008 37 states were giving the right to use the death penalty. As of January 1, 2008, 3,350 convicted murderers were awaiting execution on Death Row in the U.S.The death penalty is used for many reasons and most people deserve to be put to death. If the justice system was not able to use the death penalty then we would have many murders on our streets.

Some families take the death penalty as a way of mourning. Ronald Carlson wanted vengeance when his sister was murdered in 1983 in Texas.  But when he witnessed the execution in 1998 of the person who committed the murder he changed his mind. When families try to mourn their loss one it is difficult to know that the killer is still alive and is able to haunt you were ever you are. A death sentence brings a feeling 0f relief or at least a feeling of knowing that the horrible killer is gone.

The death penalty is needed. If we didn’t have this death penalty many of our killers would roam free or just sit in jail cells which many killers would love because they love to hear about what they have done. The prosecutor of these death crimes should have more leeway of torture to minimize crime. Many have a saying “an eye for an eye “so shouldn’t that also be pushed to say a death for a death. Even the bible advocates death for murder and other crimes like kidnapping and witchcraft.  

The justice system is in a need to be fixed. And the first thing is that they need to stop caring so much about the criminals and instead care more about our victims. Today, one of the most debated issues in the Criminal Justice System  is the issue of capital punishment or the death penalty.    Capital punishment was legal until 1972, when the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in Furman v. Georgia stating that it violated the Eight and Fourteen Amendments citing cruel and unusual punishment.  However, in 1976, the Supreme Court reversed.