The US Death Penalty Should Be Phased Out

Ethical? How is this unethical? Was it ethical for the person who committed the murder to take away another person's life eliminating the chance he ever had to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (property)? Life in prison is not a suitable punishment for murderers who take the rights of everyone they murdered. Life in prison may actually be a reward, they get to live, while constantly bragging about how they killed people for the rest of their lives in prison, while we clothe, feed, and provide a shelter for these people. Where is the justice for the victim? The victim's families? If I killed your mother, your father and left you orphaned and in the courtroom, and I smiled at you with little remorse for what I have done, would you still feel justice was served to me? The victims of these crimes are not given justice, while we give murderers a slap on the wrist as our prisons overcrowd with these scumbags constantly reminiscing of their past work with other scumbags. Logical? Cost? The cost of a prisoner on death row is more expensive which is true. But the studies on this research, weigh in the costs as to be so high because death row inmates fees comes mostly from housing the inmate and the numerous appeals a death row inmate makes. The statistic done on a death row inmate in not he same for "lifers", "lifers" or people serving life in prison, the statistic is only done on the cost of housing them. If we were to add in the lifetime costs of all the appeals a "lifer" makes it will easily cost more than a death row inmate, seeing as how a death row inmate's appeals can eventually expire over the course of those 10 years, while "lifers" appeals cost can span over the time frame of 10 years. Ineffectiveness? I do not know how a study can without a doubt prove this claim that the states who have the death penalty have higher crime rates. Some states are just more heavily infested with crime, due to maybe gang affiliations or economic situations, one state just might have more of these problems that leads to a higher crime rate. [1][2][3] If we think of a common sense standpoint, I think we can all agree most people have a natural fear of dying. So when one person who would probably, commit a murder meditatively, one would weigh in the costs of going to jail to life, or being executed. If there is a death penalty more people would be scared to commit crimes. It works for other countries like Singapore, but the U.S requires a lot of factors to guarantee a death penalty so it is harder to acquire. Innocence? Does my opponent have a list of innocent people actually being executed, instead of death row inmates later being freed due to newly discovered evidence? My opponent cannot really prove this point without actual proof of innocent people wrongly being executed. The fact of the matter is those who oppose the death penalty have had a hard time finding proof that innocent people have been executed and those that were found were highly controversial and did not absolute proven innocence. [1] International opinions? By the way my opponent is writing his argument it seems like he thinks we are the only country with a death penalty sentence. Many big countries like India, and most parts of Asia still have the death penalty in effect. International opinion is not a valid argument in this case. [4] Conclusion The death penalty give justice to the victims and its a fitting punishment for those who have willfully taken the rights, and liberties of another human being by taking their life. There has been little to no proof that innocent people were ever executed. People are scared to die, so weighing that in, people would not murder as often knowing the consequences. As for international relations many countries disagrees with many issues of other countries, the fact of the matter is death penalty is not the only one, and we should not get rid of it because some countries do not use it, when a lot of other countries still have it in effect and has shown that it is effective. [3] http://www.prodeathpenalty.com... http://www.balancedpolitics.org... http://akorra.com... http://www.infoplease.com...