Resolved: Capital punishment in Texas is unjust

I stand in firm negation of todays resolution Resolved: Capital Punishment in Texas is unjust. To start I would like to define a few keys terms, First from Merriam Webster dictionary Unjust is defined as not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair. The value to be upheld in today's round is Justice. Justice is defined as (From Merriam Webster) the quality of being just, impartial, or fair. Justice is important in today's round because without Justice in our everyday lives, nothing would ever be just, such as trails and sentences. The capital punishment in Texas is just because we need to maintain order and consequences for peoples actions. The criterion To uphold justice is Adhering to Utilitarian principals. This is defined as (from marriam webster) as an ethical theory holding that the proper course of action is the one that maximizes the overall "good" of the greatest number of individuals. So as you can see by ad hearing to the basic principals of Utilitarianism we can achieve the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Clearly this achieves the value of Justices, because achieving good for the greatest number of people, no matter the mean, is overall just, ultimately what the capital punishment laws are achieving. Contention 1: Threats to society need to be eliminated to stop future crime. Sub-point A: Capital punishment Stops crime outside of prison. Capital punishment ultimately brings criminals off the streets. With bringing these criminals off the streets and giving them no possible way to get back on them gives the American people a sense of safety and is the just thing to do. Without these capital punishment laws we would not be giving the American people on the streets this sense of safety and it wouldnt be just. "475 offenders have been executed since September 21st 2011 according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice" Now with these statistics given, without capital punishment, these criminals would be serving life in prison, ultimately serving a threat to inmates, addressed in my next sub-point. But this is important to look at because without capital punishment we would not be insuring safety and it is not very just to let these criminals in jails for there whole life's, ultimately serving a threat. Sub-point B: Capital punishment Stops crime inside of prison. Capital punishment helps to stop crime inside of prisons also. Crime inside of prisons can never be 100% fully stopped, but a fraction of that crime CAN be stopped by capital punishment. According to a NAACP Legal Defense Fund stat shows that 332 inmates in prison are on current death Row in Texas, and that 3242 inmates are on death row through the United States, all of which have killed or caused great amounts of harm to people. Now clearly with the given statistics we can see that without Capital Punishment these inmates could potentially cause harm IN prison to guards, inmates, and even everyday people that visit there loved ones. Now the importance of this point is to look at the amount of inmates, and potential harm, they would caused if there were allowed to spend the rest of there lives in prison without capital punishment. Contention 2: Capital punishment fits the means of a crime. Capital punishment is only used to fit the mean of a crime." In Texas when an offender commits a murder, rape, and other various crimes is when Capital Punishment is used" According to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Now this is clearly just because it allows us to use Capital Punishment only when the means of a crime fit Capital punishment. According to the Texas Department of Criminal justice "Lawrence Brewer, was charged with the crime of Abduction and murder of a 49-year-old man. And was executed September 21st 2011." Clearly capital punishment was used in this instance, and in many others, to fit the MEANS of this crime. This is VERY important to look at because capital punishment can NOT be flawed and ultimately fits the means of a crime further more providing justice and safety for everyone around.