Death Penalty Persuasive Essay

Capital punishment or more commonly known as the death penalty is one of the most highly debated things in the United States and even the world. The reason is that people do not believe that being sentenced to death is an acceptable sentence for someone whose committed heinous crimes such as murder, rape, terrorism etc. One can argue that the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment and should be eradicated by the eighth amendment of the constitution. People against the death penalty argue that it is more expensive then to keep someone in prison their whole life, or that it is inhumane to kill a person, other reasons people are against it is for religious beliefs. While there are numerous people against it there are also plenty for the death penalty, people support the death penalty because like Newton’s third law states “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” thus meaning people believe that if you murder someone you should face the same thing murder. The death

But the only way this would work though is if we create a work program for death row inmates so they can make the state money or save them money by doing labor for free. The reason this would need to be done is currently death row inmates cost on average about million dollars more than a prisoner in life, this is due to the fact that everyone wants to appeal being sentenced to death and they require higher security and lawyers cost more (Perry). But if the appeals are regulated more, initial trials are more in depth and inmates are forced to work on state delegated task. Then the time they spend on death row can be cut in half, it can also generate revenue for government and overall will lower taxes for the common public. It currently being done inefficiently is becoming a financial burden on not only the federal government but also state and