Capital punishment is necessary in order for justice to prevail. Capital punishment is the execution of criminals for committing crimes, regarding so bad that this is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment lowers the murder rate, but its value as retribution alone is a good reason for handing out death sentences. It is one of the only fair punishments allowed by the judicial system. Another issue is that it saves money compared to the alternative of life in prison.
             The death penalty deters murder and prevents murderers from killing again by putting the fear of death in to them. A person is less likely to do something, if he or she thinks that harm will come to him. Another way the death penalty may help deter murder is the fact that if the killer is death, he or she will not be able to kill again. Criminals deserve to die and not stay in jail. If a man kills a man and is convicted he should be ready to die next. Supporters of the death penalty feel that criminals should be punished for their crimes, and that it doesn't matter whether it will deter crime. They want to make examples out of offenders so that the threat of death will be enough to stop them from committing such horrible crimes.
             Some people say all that is needed to set a convict straight is a life sentence. This is hardly a punishment at all. Today, due to overcrowding in prisons, many prisoners do not serve their full sentence. Another thing about today's prisons is that the prisoners get free meals, clothes, bed, electricity, air conditioning and heating, cable and many other luxuries that make it a comfortable place to live if you get used to the people. The death penalty should be given the day after conviction. It is a fact that keeping an inmate on death row costs three times the amount to keep a person in prison. So in the end, killing a murderer frees up overcrowded prisons and assures the world that this person will never kill again.
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