Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Death Sentence

The death sentence is immoral. As humans we do not have the right to take someone's life from them. Even if the person in question is a serial killer, we do not have the authority to take their life. While all crimes deserve some type of punishment, no crime should result in punishment by death. Instead of having the death sentence, we should provide a type of rehab where the criminals are basically retrained to live amongst society. Many people will learn from their mistakes but the government never gives these people any more chances.

Murderers and serial killers deserve to be put to death. Taking away the life of another person is unforgivable. Our prisons are becoming extremely overcrowded. Why make a person spend the rest of their life behind bars? It would be much more humane to just end their life and get it over with. Not to mention that we would save a lot of money and there would be more spaces opened up in our prisons. There should also be less trials before the execution. Some of these serial killers and murderers live for decades after their arrest because of court matters. If it is 100% certain that the person committed the crime, then they should only be alive for at most a few weeks. All these court proceedings just take up way too much time. It is completely unnecessary.

No comments:

Post a Comment