The Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

The Death Penalty

There are many debates over the problems of the death penalty, especially whether people who commit heinous crimes deserve the death penalty. Many western countries abolished this policy while some countries like China still carry out the death penalty. In present society, sometimes there are some heinous crimes happen, and the victims or their relatives think that imprisonment is not enough to punish the criminal. Debates occur in this case. However, many people do not agree with the death penalty due to sympathy for miscreant. Death penalty is very significant in that it relates to the criminal’s life in some cases and has many social impacts. The death penalty should be kept due to criminal’s introspection, deterrence for crime, humanitarianism and money.

There is an argument that the death penalty will give no chance for the criminal to introspect. Actually, we will find that the criminal who will receive the death penalty must have many sins, such as treason and first degree murder (Wiki).

They consider that if an outlaw decides to kill someone, he will not care about paying a price, including his life. What I want to say is that not all people are outlaws. They will consider the benefit and the loss before the crime. Many criminals will give up the severe crime because they think it is not worth losing their lives. Also, the death warns the citizens not to commit a crime, or you will pay a price. For instance, the death penalty is very useful in China in that there are nearly 1.4 billion people in China, and the government must find a way to shock the people. Plus, the death penalty is a tradition in China, and it is commonly accepted by most Chinese people. The News shows that the number of criminals that deserve penalty becomes lower and lower from last ten years (NetEase), which means heinous crimes are fewer. We should keep the death penalty for