Capital Punishment

I am going to apologize for the messed up format that I had provided as I did not know the video would be posted online. In this speech I will defend my case and refute Pro. Pro suggest that the claim I had made was an exception and focuses more in the "viability if implementation" and considers the information I provided irrelevant, but as the question of this debate refers to if the death penalty is permissible for the mentally competent my case provides evidence to why it is not. To start, I stated how if someone kills another person for killing a loved one then he should not face the death penalty. I provided the explanation to why it should not be permissible. The person killing was indeed mentally competent and the person had committed a crime entitling them to the death penalty but if done so there would be no justice served. Hence, the penalty should not be permissible for the person. Pro states that the death penalty could theoretically be applied to some unspecific crime but as I have stated that is possible for a person to change, why should we take away that chance for that person? And what could that unspecific crime be that Pro is referring too? Killing a person? Raping maybe? Killing a bunch of people? The point is we need to realize why the person committed the crime. Killing a person to avenge someone is that bad? Killing a person because they ruined your life in some way, to us it is unimaginable that someone would do such a thing when angry but the fact is that many people get angry at very stupid things. Many people are faced with stressed and many people are faced with a high level of stress if someone provoked them then the results could very well be ugly. Realizing this, should the death penalty still be permissible anywhere? rather the person could face a punishment for their crime but still have the chance to redeem themselves. To the second objection Pro has, I would like to state that even though the numbers are low for ratio o innocent people to those who have actually committed the crime, why should those innocent people pay for it? Imagine losing your dad because he was wrongfully committed? Further, I have already stated why people who have committed the crime should be given the chance to change so even then those who are wrongful can change their ways for the better. If it is considered to brainwash people to change their views, then we were raised up being brainwashed. We were taught how to do things, how to behave etc... If we respect the beliefs that people have of killing then we are saying that it is ok to kill essentially as we respect the views of the killer as long as they face the death penalty. Therefore we are basically turning away from the wrongdoings of others and then hoping for them to face the death penalty. However the people should face the punishment ( not the death penalty ) they deserve as well as they should be taught why what they had done was wrong. In addition, if we were to respect the beliefs of criminals and the death penalty was not enforced then basically they would get out of prison and cause more harm. If the death penalty was enforced then we are saying that it is okay to kill as long as the person responsible for their crimes was hung. If we neither kill the person and try to make them see what they were doing was wrong then we could have a person who can change society and had not life-while facing punishment for their crimes then we can have a 'better' person according to our ideals of being righteous-which this debate is based upon. Finally, according to Pro giving people their due is fine but by killing them we 'killed' thus we are murders and should be faced with our dues. Links http://www.google.ca... This link provides information about how stress effects many Americans, and the impact stress has on their lives. http://www.scu.edu... This link provides information as to the different views on the death penalty concept. http://www.google.ca... This link provides information as to why the capital punishment is not ethical. http://www.google.ca... This link provides the cons to the death penalty.