The Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

The United States criminal justice system is one of the most controversial of all industrialized countries due to criticism over its overpopulated prisons and the increasing expenses necessary to maintain them. Among these prevalent issues is whether the U.S. should continue to use the death penalty as the ultimate punishment for the most dangerous criminals currently incarcerated. The argument in favor of preserving the death penalty claim its use will aid in permanently eliminating the threat of killers and sociopaths from society while also bringing justice for the victims. The argument against the death penalty however, states that society should have a moral obligation to protect human life rather than take it and be superior to psychotic killers. Although the idea of permanently removing the vilest human beings from society may seem easier and less expensive than having them locked up in prison for life, the reality is inmates on death row require extensive amount of time, money, and resources before they can be put to death. The American justice system is too overpopulated and ineffective in executing murderers and should therefore remove the

Statistics from the Death Penalty Information Center show state level courts have exonerated 155 death row inmates since 1973. The most recent exoneration was on June 2015, when Lawrence William Lee was dismissed of all charges after spending 27 years on death row for a triple murder. The Superior Court claimed the Lee’s conviction was based entirely on the believability of deceased witnesses, with no forensic evidence to link him to the murders. Lee, along with other exonerated inmates, must now move on after nearly three decades of his life were consumed in isolation, waiting to be wrongly