Imagine the scenario, that you just gotten fired from your current job for
no reason what so ever. This devastates you, and you plan to murder your unfair
boss. Your plan succeeds and you successfully murder him. You're now convicted
to go on death row. Yes, it's your fault, and yes, your very guilty of murder, but
should this crime really be the reason of your death? Should you be sentenced to
the death penalty? Some people who support capitol punishment would say yes,
you took a life so give up yours. Others would say no, death will never be a fair
punishment. With out a doubt, I agree with the second answer. Even though you
may have took a persons life, yours shouldn't also be taken away! I believe that
two people dead is much worse than one. After you read my essay, on why the
death penalty it is very inhuman, you will soon agree with me that it's wrong.
On the other hand, picture you, or a close friend, as the victim of a heinous
crime. Even though you might want that person who committed the crime to be
killed for all its worth, it still shouldn't be done. This is my first reason why the
Death Penalty should be demolished: when thought of mentally, yes, the death
penalty is good! You want that person to be ripped apart limb from limb, but
when you think of it morally, it's just wrong. How can you possibly strike out
violence with violence? To backup my idea, I have talked with my uncle, Michael
Mage, who is on the bored of directors for the Washington DC American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU is against the death penalty. I also viewed
the web site (www.ACLU.org) for helpful information.
First of all, the death penalty is against many laws on the bill of rights. Such
as the 8th amendment, which is against cruel and unusual punishment , the death
penalty is that. The ACLU says that many people get their rights violated by not
having a ...