Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished

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Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished Capital punishment is a brutal antiquated concept that must be abolished in the name of civilised society. Each year in just America, the land of freedom + the just, 650 people r added 2 the death row + 105 r executed. The death penalty is the harshest form of punishment in the world today. Once the jury has proved a criminal guilty they go to the second part of the trial - the punishment phase. The enforcement of c p is a sadistic and macabre activity, which appeals to the more grim aspects of humane nature: wrath and malice. Capital punishment violates the right to live, a right everyone has even if they r mass murderers. No person shud b killed 4 a crime, no matter how bad the crime is, cos 2 wrongs don't make a right. There is no such thing as a humane way of putting sum1 2 death. I feel that capital punishment shud b made illegal in not just America, but the whole world. The reasons 4 this r firstly that there is the possibility of executing some1 who is innocent. If this does happen, it cannot b undone- whereas if the person had been put in jail, they cud have been released and given compensation. Secondly, I think that the death penalty is not a punishment cos the criminal is not here 2 b punished like if he/she was in jail with the poor living conditions and no freedom. The 1's who r sentenced 2 death are normally hanged. This method often doesn't kill the criminal straight away, but lets them dangle on the rope around their neck, until they die of strangulation, slowly and painfull... ... middle of paper ... ...natives to c.p. 4m life imprisonment, 4 major crimes, 2 community service and fines 4 less major crimes, such as shoplifting. Punishment is ment 2 b 4 the protection of society. It claims 2 b a deterrent to other potential criminals. C p is a failure in these respects. It duz remove the culprit from repeating the crime, but this is of very small account cos murders hardly ever come as a string of continuous repeated acts. U must voice u're opposition b4 u pay dearly 4 it. Barbarians, that's wot we have become, barbarians. We kill each other and instead of mourning the tragedy, we want 2 satisfy our bloodlust by killing the murderer. We must lern 2 deal with these people while we have control over them. Yes, we shud punish them, but do not become them. Otherwise, what difference is there between us the criminal?

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