Reasons for Abolishing the Death Penalty by Nanette Fleming
There are many things that I don't agree with in today's society, but out of all the wrong doings that take place, I believe the death penalty is the worst of them all. I am strongly against the death penalty because it violates God's rules, costs the tax payers too much money, prisoners could be wrongly convicted, and it is cruel and unusual punishment.
The first reason why I do not support having the death penalty is that it violates religious beliefs. Many religions, such as my own, Catholicism, follow the rules that God sent to us through the Ten Commandments. One of the most important of those then states, "Thou shall not kill." If you are executing an individual, that clearly violates this commandment. Murdering any person, no matter what the individual has been convicted of, is a mortal sin.
Therefore, anyone who aids in executing people will be punished by God. I believe that religious beliefs, such as the Ten Commandments, are the corner stone for our law system. Executing someone shouldn't be made an exception to the God's rule.
My next reason against the death penalty is that the tax payers waste too much of their money with the death penalty in place. The average death penalty case is appealed three times. This means that the tax payers must pay for the same trial to be heard three times. This is a very expensive practice. Also, the average convicted murderer spends 12 years on death row. If supporters of the death penalty are positive enough to kill the person for committing the crime, shouldn't the supportes be confident enough to execute them in a timely manner? Why spend the tax payer's money keeping these inmates in jail for...
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shame all the essays posted at once!- on the death penalty - i totally agree with you, but i have a couple of points to be the devils advocate and make you think.
You say that it is expensive to keep a prisoner on death row,However, it would be much more expensive to pay for the up keep of death row prisoners for the rest of their lives (food,healthcare,wardens ect)
You cite the bible as the basis for the law system, but later mention a line from the bible -"Tooth for a tooth , an eye for an eye" and dissmiss it as wrong.
Also, ufortunatly, you have to deal with the fact of public opinion. Dont forget that you live in a country ruled by a man who, as governer of Texas, signed more death warrants than any other governer in history.
well structured and well though out.Good work.
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