Death Penalty Applicability

I will now introduce the economical aspect on the death penalty and why it is an ethical option in maintaining the lives of Americans if we use some logical aspects of how the US government conducts it's activities to protect American lives. 1. Since the attacks in Manhatten and Washington D. C. On September 11, 2001, There have been only 95 US citizens murdered on American soil by individuals claiming to pledge allegiance to islamic terrorist organizations. This has justified keeping us in the longest military conflict in US history costing trillions of dollars and causing thousands of American casualties. If we could save just 100 lives a year by using the death penalty to prevent homicides, We would be saving as many lives on American soil as have been taken by islamic extremists in over 15 years. Thereby giving more than enough reason to suggest that legalizing the death penalty at the federal level is an ethical and civil way to protect American lives. . 2. My second argument is that prison likely is not as bad as it is projected in Hollywood films and media. It is very common for criminals to be recitivized into the prison system for committing additional crime(s) and therefore begs the question "if prison is so bad, So inhumane and torturous to inmates than how is it possible that they would get involved in activities that would risk them going back to that torturous hole". I think the answer is obvious, But to explain it better I need to make clear some perks of being a prisoner. Free housing (you can't be homeless if your in prison), Ability to have a job in prison and be put on work release (you can work but have to come back to the prison when shift is over), Camraderie with other prisoners, Access to television and a library, And access to a basketball and exercise gym. If you don't want to work, You don't have to, Taxpayers pay for your food and housing. Now as incorrect as this sounds because of what you've been told your whole life by the media and Hollywood what prison is like, Just tell yourself this, How would I know, I've never been to prison. 3. For my final point, I want to point out that correctional officers are people too and can often make mistakes. Being a correctional officer is not at all a lucrative career as even LPN nurses make more than they do per hour clearly showing that correctional officers are not very high on the exonomic ladder. Correctional officers under the new tax implement done by the Republican party with Donald Trump qualify to only have to pay a 15% income tax which is the lowest income tax you can possibly pay in America's progressive tax system. In other words correctional officers aren't exactly a high end societal figure and over the course of a few decades of being locked in solitaire confinement an inmate would have more than enough opportunity to cause serious bodily harm or even death to other individuals in the prison system. Overall implementing the death penalty is not only an ethical choice, But in many situations a moral obligation to not only protect other people in society from homicide, But also to protect the inmates involved in there surroundings along with law enforcement officers and correctional staff.