The Death Penalty 4

THE DEATH PENALTY: ARGUMENT AGAINST: We have alternatives to capital punishment, we absolutely do not HAVE to kill in order to punish. Killing killers only makes more killers and more victims. It continues the cycle of violence. Since when does two wrongs make a right? Life without parole is the cheaper humane choice of any society. When the state kills are we to see this as some form of justified action? That legitimized murder, when …

…to death, not only are we sending a message of intolerance to society, but we are also stopping that person from murdering again, because they are deceased. Once a person has crossed the line of immorality, how can we trust this criminal to live in our society? We can not allow the majority of the innocent, law abiding citizens to be in harms way. Therefore, criminals must face severe consequences for their actions, even death.