The Death Penalty Should be Illegal

As I stated before, I am against the death penalty. Incarceration is at an all time high in the United States, in fact, we have the highest incarceration rate in the world. Roughly 1 in 32 Americans are being held by the Justice system right now. We all know that bad things happen to good people, and that there are terrible people in this world that only want to hurt others and this is awful. That is why we established jails, and in this case, the death penalty. There are many types of death penalties in many states. I happen to live in one that does not allow the death penalty. The main methods of execution are lethal injection, electrocution, gas chamber, hanging, and firing squad. Firing squad really only exists for two states if other methods of death are found unconstitutional. I think there are many things wrong with the death penalty. 1) It"s the "easy" way out for the criminal Often, we see the shooter kill himself/herself after attempting a mass murder (look at Columbine, Sandy Hook, Washington Navy Yard shooting). Sitting in jail for the rest of his/her life, having to think about this terrible crime that he/she committed? I definitely think that"s punishment. After all, the US is known for having some of the toughest jails in the world. 2) False Execution Many people do not think that false execution happens a lot. It doesn"t happen a lot, but it sure has happened. Take a look at these people: George Stinney ~ Executed in 1944, 12 years old, no real proof of Stinney committing crime Carlos DeLuna ~ Executed in 1989, evidence shows that DeLuna was not the criminal Jesse Tafero ~ Electric chair in 1990, the true murderer was found in 1992 Johnny Garrett ~ Executed in 1992, the actual criminal was found in 2004 Cameron Todd Willingham ~ Executed in 2004, after reviewing evidence, Willingham was found innocent There are problems with this system! People are being executed wrongly! Do you know how many people could be innocent on death row right now? If the death penalty did not exist, we could easily take them from jail if they were found innocent. I would rather be able to tell a man that has been in jail for 30 years that he is free to go instead of taking a visit to the graveyard and telling a woman that has been dead 30 years that she was actually found innocent. Take a look at the Innocence Project: http://www.innocenceproject.org... 3) Botched Executions We often hear that the death of prisoners is safe and humane. That is certainly not the case. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org... The latest one was in July of 2014. After Joseph Wood was given lethal injection, he gasped and was still alive for an hour and 40 minutes, struggling to live. An eyewitness says that Wood gasped 640 times before he finally died. This criminal is going to die for his crimes, he already knows he is going to DIE, can we not make it humane and quick? This is why we should not let the death penalty stand. Sources: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://blog.arrestrecords.com... http://www.cnn.com... http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org... http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org... http://en.wikipedia.org...