I once saw a bumper sticker that read, "Why do we kill people, who kill
             people, to show that killing is wrong?" Suddenly I thought about what I had
             read. I am against the death penalty as a solution to crime. Capital
             punishment is a sign of a deep sickness in our civilization. Execution is an
             act of violence, but you cannot use violence to end violence. The death
             penalty is not an effective way to punish a criminal. It is used by the
             powerful to pretend that violent crime is under control, and being disposed of,
             but in reality the death penalty disposes of the poor, the uneducated, and the
             minorities in the world. Even states that use the death penalty seem to have
             a higher number of homicides than states that do not use it. Capital
             punishment has never been shown to eliminate crime more effectively than
             other punishments. If the death penalty isn't lowering the murder rate then
             why waste the taxpayers money? It cost more to put a prisoner to death with
             any method than it does to keep them incarcerated. Our justice system
             shouldn't just execute the criminal, they should also make his life miserable.
             Prisons should supply the bare necessities and nothing else. One solution is
             to eliminate televisions, libraries, gyms and basketball courts. Even though
             our prisons need to toughen up, I do give them credit for taking away a
             criminals freedom. Many family members want to see the offenders dead.
             The families emotions are understandable, but death is not a solution. The
             victims family has to suffer for a lifetime, so why shouldn't the murderer
             Another problem is the chance or executing an innocent person. The
             executed prisoner cannot be given another chance. In the last hundred years
             there have been more that seventy-five documented cases of wrongful
             convictions in criminal homicide cases. One example is Walter McMillian
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