Death Penalty - Pro stance

             I believe in the death penalty. I believe that in certain cases, criminals deserve to die. We don't need them to be a burden to our society. And when people say that it is a waste of human resources, they're saying that they're okay if a murderer lives and has a chance to escape and kill again. We knows whom he or she kills, it could be you, him, her, me, them? The death penalty is not inhumane because we are getting rid of the bad people in society. Also, what do we do if a person that is sentenced to life commits another crime? Does he/she get sentenced to life again? That wouldn't make sense. The only way we can deter them is o kill them.
             If there were no death penalty, then the world would be overcrowded with prisoners. Our prison system is already over crowded. I think that the death penalty is good for society. Liberals argue that we make mistakes in the cases sometimes, that sometimes the person on death row is found innocent after. Well, if they're found innocent then it was our mistake. But that case happens rarely since a person that is sentenced to death has an automatic court appeals case. There is always more than one case and if the evidence to prove that he/she is guilty is great, why not execute him/her? Society should operate on a basis of the greatest good for the greatest number. The utilitarianism of the Renaissance in Europe is an example of that. If the majority of death penalties are correct and only a few of them, a miniscule amount are wrong, then it is good to proceed with the executions.
             My view on the death penalty is "3 strikes and you're out." If a criminal commits 3 major felonies then he's dead. There should be no argument about that. It's justified to execute the bad people; we have a moral obligation.
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