Capital Punishment
When I was young, I thought that death penalty was justified. That is,
to punish wicked criminals who really deserves to die and has no right
to live in a society where victims always seek revenge to offenders by
enforcing the laws. However, now, I don't believe that the violence is
the solution for all problems. We always believed that law always gave
us a justice that includes appropriate punishments. When a man dies,
then someone, the killer needs to be killed and if the law fails to do
that task, then we conclude that evil is tolerated and society remains
perilous with powerless justice. I think this is all because of
westernized atmosphere where movies, books, music, entertainment and
life is filled with violence and murder, and had become a major
influence and part of our lives. For the capital punishment, it has
lost its morality. It has become as immoral as any other crimes
committed or expressed violence.
The reasons why we should not impose death penalty outweighs the
reasons to support death penalty. Most people would like to think that
enforcing capital punishment will deter the rate of homicides and
other crimes. However, from the statistics, it is false. It showed
ineffectiveness and some areas, it actually increased the murder rate
higher. For example:
From 1976 to 1996, the number of executions per year in the United
States has increased from 0 to just under 60. The homicide rate per
100,000 population has remained constant at just under 10. A 1995
study of the annual percentage increases in homicide rates in
California showed that murders increased 10% a year during 1952 to
1967 when the state was executing people. When the state performed no
executions (1968-1991) the average rate of increase was less
(4.8%).Canada's homicide rate has dropped 27% since the death penalty