The Death Penalty serves no purpose in the world today. It is a waste of the tax
payers hard earned money to kill somebody that isn't a good enough punishment. It does
not settle anything, it just wastes our money to kill them where they could be suffering in
jail, where they belong for their entire punishment. The citizens that get sentenced to the
death penalty should not get out of the punishment, they should have to suffer in a state
penitentiary. It does not use their money to kill them it uses the citizens money that has to
work to keep their family up and going. It does not make the criminals think twice about
murdering somebody or braking the law, because half of the people are on drugs. It does
not make them think twice, they get off the easy way with no punishment. The Death
Penalty is too expensive, will not discourage crime and executions are cruel and
The Death Penalty is too expensive because they could sit in jail for less money
then losing there life. When you sit in prison and suffer that is a better punishment than
losing your life and getting off free-handed. The death penalty costs a million dollars to
kill a criminal, that a criminal does not even pay. "Therefore the true cost of the death
penalty also includes all the added expenses of the trials in which the death penalty is
sought but not achieved. (Ross 135) People that are sentenced to be killed are not even
getting charged for what they did. People that are sentenced to the death penalty we as
citizens are getting charged. (134) The Death Penalty consequently results in much
larger wastage than unaffected life discipline. (135) The death penalty is too
expensive because they can sit in prison and learn why they did wrong.
The Death Penalty will not discourage the crime because they do not learn
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