Should we abolish death penalty

IS MONEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAVING INNOCENT PEOPLE? "One reason often cited for supporting the death penalty is retribution. This reason goes back to the old biblical concept of "an eye for an eye." Many people feel that execution is a natural human response to the crime of murder. The rationale is that, if the defendant has taken a life, then the defendant's life should be taken. " (The cost may be extremely high, but is it worth it? yes. Is money more important than saving innocent people no. The death penalty is the only way to keep criminals and serial killers off of the street KEEPING SERIAL KILLERS IN PRISONS IS MORE EXPENSIVE. it has been proved that keeping inmates in prison they're whole life's is very expensive, when keeping all criminals for a life sentence in prison, the prison gets filled very quickly because of the criminal statistic rates. When this happens the government must let out these prisoners because they have no more room for them. Then these prisoners go back onto the street as usually, and most likely repeat what they have done. "WASHINGTON " Mississippi is a tough-on-crime state, and in 1995, like many tough-on-crime states, it approved a version of "truth in sentencing" " a popular law requiring inmates to serve at least 85 percent of their prison terms before they could be considered for parole. More than half the states have similar laws on the books. Mississippi, however, changed course two years ago. Responding to budget constraints and a surge in its prison population " from about 12,000 inmates in 1995 to more than 22,000 in 2008 " lawmakers revisited truth in sentencing." In cases like this, they must let prisoners go free due to the excessive rate of inmates, which is why the death penalty is a good thing, so the inmates aren't able to go back on the streets and commit more crimes THE DEATH PENALTY HAS BEEN PROVEN "Throughout history, statistics have proved that Capital Punishment or otherwise known as the death penalty, has been an effective deterrent of major crime. Capital Punishment is the lawful infliction of death among criminals and has been used to punish a wide variety of offenses for many years all over the world (Bedau 16). When the death penalty is enforced, it shows society that committing a capital crime has deadly consequences. In early times, many methods of Capital Punishment were used to deter a variety of crimes. For over a century, the uniform method for executing persons in America was hanging, although starvation was very common also. There were exceptions which included spies, traitors, and deserters who would face a firing squad. Then in 1888, New York directed the construction of an 'electric chair' (Flanders 11). It was believed that the new harnessed power of electricity would prove to be a more scientific and humane means of execution. The first electrocution took place" Showing that there will be a big and deadly punishment based on a persons crime, will make them more likely think about the effect of what they do. ITS WORTH IT! It rarely happens that someone is wrongly convicted. But most times if they were executed my accident, they had something to do with the crime or another crime. ""Irrefutable DNA evidence has exonerated some 15 death-row inmates and almost 200 other men convicted of murder or rape, mostly since the late 1990s. This DNA-evidence revolution, along with non-DNA evidence proving the innocence of a great many more condemned men and other prisoners, has alerted many who support the death penalty in principle to the fallibility of the criminal-justice system and the risk of executing innocent people." THEY USE DNA TESTING ION ANY CRIME TO ENSURE THAT THE VICTIM IS GUILTY. Your turn con:) Sources: http://ktar.com... http://www.wenatcheeworld.com... http://www.studymode.com... http://deathpenalty.procon.org...