The Death Penalty Is Wrong & Should Be Banned

In response to Con's arguments:- My paragraphs were CLEAR to read I'm sure anyone else could see that it made sense, in the sense of being NOT confusing. Did I at any point say that the death penalty utilizes 'cutting off the head', NO I did not. If you read it correctly you would have seen that I said that is and example of execution and that the death penalty uses other forms of execution therefore being just as bad. I also don't believe that murdering someone merits a second chance, who does? What I need to state is that you have to think out of the box. Don't just put all murderers in a stereotype that they're all bad people. We have to think about what made the murderer kill in the first place. Let me give some examples; mental health issues, stress issues, anger problems, childhood problems. These things should never been taken lightly and only be taken into consideration. I'm going to state a few cases that could have happened, it will certainly make you think twice:- Case Study 1:- Amy has had a terrible childhood from the age of 7 until she was 16. She was physically abused by her mother who never wanted her. Her mother was pregnant with her at the age of 16 and was told to keep her baby. She didn't really want it but she kept it anyway thinking she would cope. When Amy was 7 her mother used to kick her if she was sitting in the way of the tv and use her as a punchbag when she was upset at something. She basically punished her for being born. The physical torture went on for years until one day Amy had enough and stabbed her mother 17 times while she was sleeping; all the years of physical and mental abuse and her mother not wanting her caught up with her and she let all her anger out. She was upset that she felt she had to do that and knew the consequences but Amy was NOT a bad person; she was just deeply hurt and could not control her anger for once in her life and unfortunately it lead to her mothers death. That still doesn't take away the awful memories, bruises, heartache, nightmares and lack of trust she has in anyone today. Unfortunately she is sentanced to the Death Penalty as the judge believed she bruised herself to make up evidence and found it hard to believe she never reported her mother. Do you think she deserves death? Case Study 2:- Oliver's father had been an abusive alcoholic throughout Oliver's childhood. He constantly verbally and physically hurt Oliver's mother almost every day. There would be occasions when he would give up alcohol for a few months but it would never last. His mother lived in fear of her own life. When his dad was off the drink for a while, he'd still be controlling; not letting his wife go out, speak on the phone, wear what she wanted etc. You can see why there was no way to get out of the situation. She was like his slave; if she disobeyed there would be consequences. She was too cared of making him unhappy incase of him lashing out. Once his father twisted his wife's arm back so far that a bone broke and she had to go to hospital. Her husband forced her to say it was because she fell off a ladder. Oliver would secretly tell his mother they could ran away together. However it wasn't possible as his mother coudn't work because of arthritis so they needed his father's earnings in order to survive. When Oliver was 18 he went away to travel for three months promising to his mother when he came back he would have enough money for her to move away from hi father. One month later he got a phone call from his father saying his mother had commited suicide. There was cctv evidence of her jumping off a bridge. By the time Oliver was 19, he had done a lot of thinking and wanted his father to be punished. He shot him in his heart. Cold, yes, but he had good reason. He wanted to make his father feel like he had when he eard about his mothers death. His mother was the only person there for him; Oliver knew that his fathers actions of abuse and cruel treatment towards his mother led to her death. Oliver is the only murderer in this case but you have to see that he was the victim. He doesn't deserve the Death Penalty and if you have a heart you would agree with me. To conclude my case studies: Murder is wrong but in certain cases the murderers are the real victims but can never be proven to be victims as there is too much evidence against them. Therefore instead of the death penalty these people need help to get over their past or therapy help for their mental health or anger problems. Therefore ruling out the death penalty could help with deciding if they truly deseve it and put the money to good use but helping the murderers who need it and so they should get a second chance at life. Con say's the murderer deserves death just like it's victim. Yes, but Con isn't considering each case individually, he is just putting them all into one catagory which is quite selfish and closed minded. Also has anyone ever considered the Death Penalty as murder. Everyone knows that 2 wrongs don't make a right. So that person carrying out the death penalty of the criminal is too a murderer and might feel guilty for that all their life. This is causing more problems for people. They're getting paid to do that job and imagine getting paid to do the job of executing people all your life just because it's legal in your country. Not nice. Refering to Con's arguments on God and forgiveness. I gave a whole list of Bible verses which prove my point. Lets not get picky Con, you can clearly see the general point I was trying to make; my verses DID support it. You only have one verse which is WEAK compared to my 10 verses. In conclusion, I've shown how Con's arguments are weak, lacks using his own opinions and jut commenting on mine and he is very closed minded. It is so easy and clear to see from my points that the Death Penalty is not justified and SHOULD be banned. P.s. Please vote for the person with the strongest answers, it would e a shame if your opinion on the death penalty came into this. ^_^