Death penalty, is it good or bad? Through the Federal Government, 38 of the 50 states have death penalty laws, and public opinion polls in the last decade have generally indicated that the majority of Americans favor capital punishment. The death penalty is needed in the country do to the high crime rate and violence. It helps as a deterred, stopping people from committing crime, such as murder. With the death penalty it also brings closure to the victim's family, because they are reassured that the person that committed the crime was punished for it.
             We know that living murderers harm and murder, again, in prison, after escape, and after improper release. They shouldn't be given more than a second chance to live. During the 17 month period, alone, 13,000 people were murdered and over 12,000 raped by those the US released on such "supervision." But one of the top specialists in the United States Leon Leahy said" If you are going to support the death penalty, how can you live with yourself when innocent people are killed?" So why didn't Leahy ask "If you support parole and probation, how can you live with yourself when innocent people are raped and murdered by those so released?" For example, let's say that a person with a gun murdered someone and now wanted to rob a bank for some cash that he needed desperately. He goes in there, steals a couple of thousands of dollars and shot an innocent security guard in the leg. His injury became serious and is now handicap. That guy should pay for what he had done. He didn't care the people that he hurt. What makes it so sure that he will never do it again? He has already did one thing wrong and now committed another crime. It looks like he didn't learn from his mistakes. So if the senator or even the others like Leahy was really concerned about innocents, then he would have been complaining against parole and probation for years.
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