Resolved: The United States should Discontinue the Use of Capital Punishment

1. Harm to Prison WorkersI do believe that capital punishment can cause more severe psychological damage; for example, moral disengagement (see Round 3 arguments) that would not normally be widespread in a non-capital punishment situation. The normal prison system involves being in intense situations that may traumatize workers, but I cannot think of anything that would be dealing with violating the workers' sense of morality. This is where the difference is--the trauma from the normal system is because of witnessing disturbing situations, while capital punishment's trauma stems from taking part in these situations yourself. And I do believe that capital punishment causes more severe psychological damage, simply because it deals with actions that put into question the workers' ideas of morality; thus capital punishment leads to moral disengagement and denial.In addition, I believe that with effective reform of the prison system, PTSD and the like could be dramatically reduced, but the symptoms of capital punishment are inherent, making it a reason to discontinue the use of the death penalty.2. IncapacitationI must concede this point. This tragedy with Bundy should have been prevented.I still believe, however, that capital punishment results in more innocent lives ended than the alternative. See my statistics in Argument #3 for this.3. InnocenceFirst of all, thank you for providing this test. This should be implemented immediately into the court system.In response to your incapacitation arguments, I provide this: more than 1 in 25 people sentenced to death in the United States are innocent. [1] Here's a full list of the innocent that have been executed. [2] I postulate that the death penalty results in more innocent people killed than the small chance of recidivism that comes with life without parole. Con: "However, IF the jury actually bases their votes on wether [sic] or not the defendant has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt will no doubt change this." They already do, though, and we still have 1 in 25 people sentenced to death despite their innocence. I believe that, at least until the courts and the justice system can fix this, we must discontinue the death penalty in order to protect innocent people. It's simply the right thing to do.4. JusticeMost of this argument is a repetition of claims that I have already refuted, so I will only be responding to parts which haven't been addressed above.Con: "The lives of a killer's potential victims are worth more then [sic] an education." Yes, this is true, but we must remember that the chances of recidivism in a high-security state penitentiary are remarkably low. Ted Bundy is an exception. Next you say that the killer would have "a good chance of killing multiple people" is just not true. See my source from the UNC study in the previous round.Con: "...we just need the one that protects people who wouldn't be able to do anything about their situation if a killer came into their house, verses [sic] the ones who could choose to not commit crime." But what about the innocent people who have been executed? This seems to be a strawman; you say that I favor the lives of murderers over potential victims. If I was not clear on my position, I apologize. Because of the high risk of false sentencing in capital punishment, I am instead arguing for the discontinuation because of false sentencing and false execution. Again, it cannot be reversed. Thus, my argument still stands.Since this argument is based off of previous arguments that I have responded to, I extend my justice argument from Round 4.Thank you for an amazing debate. Best wishes to you.Sources1. http://www.pnas.org...2. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org...;