The Importance Of The Death Penalty

Death is a hard subject to wrap one’s head around, who is really ready to die? 10 months, 5-7 years, life and probation are the common, sometimes fair punishment people receive when they appear in court after doing a crime. The Death Penalty is being put to death for doing an extreme crime. An extreme crime can be classified in many ways, that many people may deserve the death penalty to others. Death row inmates in the U.S. typically spend over a decade awaiting execution. (DPI.Org) People are basically waiting for the day the government chooses for them to die. Imagine laying in a jail cell wondering will today be my last day. That can put so much fear in someone’s heart. Innocent people have been falsely accused and have died by death penalty. The death penalty is highly expensive. Death Penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment; it does give people justice it just makes others

No one wants to give away their freedom to sleep in a cell. The 2015 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 372.6 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants, and the property crime rate was 2,487.0 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. The violent crime rate rose 3.1 percent compared with the 2014 rate, and the property crime rate declined 3.4 percent. In 2015, there were an estimated 1,197,704 violent crimes. Murder and no negligent manslaughter increased 10.8 percent when compared with estimates from 2014. Rape and aggravated assault increased 6.3 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively, while robbery increased 1.4 percent. Nationwide, there were an estimated 7,993,631 property crimes. The estimated numbers for two of the three property crimes show declines when compared with the previous year’s estimates. Burglaries dropped 7.8 percent, larceny-thefts declined 1.8 percent, but motor vehicle thefts rose 3.1 percent. (CIA) People shouldn’t be so violent towards others or