Should we have the death Penalty? (Con is against death penalty)

Rebuttals: You said that the death penalty (and the process) costs around 2 million, however this is incorrect. The true statistic is 1.26 million. "The study counted death penalty case costs through to execution and found that the median death penalty case costs $1.26 million." Also you stated that the cost of life in prison is 1 million dollars. Dudley Sharp, Death Penalty Resources Director of Justice For All (JFA), in an Oct. 1, 1997 Justice for All presentation titled "Death Penalty and Sentencing Information," wrote: "Many opponents present, as fact, that the cost of the death penalty is so expensive (at least $2 million per case?), that we must choose life without parole ('LWOP') at a cost of $1 million for 50 years. Predictably, these pronouncements may be entirely false. JFA estimates that LWOP cases will cost $1.2 million - $3.6 million MORE than equivalent death penalty cases..." So you can see that, contrary to your point, it is LESS cost for the death penalty. Also, you stated that it would be horrible to go to prison for life based on "tiny rooms, horrible/little food, fights and injuries etc.". However death is most peoples greatest fear. Because they don't know what will happen after they die. As you can see from the Nuremberg trials, when Hermann Goering was sentenced to death, he was extremely scared when he was sentenced to death by hanging. Many others expressed this same fear. Since death is peoples greatest fear, DEATH WILL STRIKE FEAR into criminals hearts and give them what they deserve. the consequences (prison, jail, monetary fines etc.) of committing a crime already bring down the crime rate. So how much more will fear of death bring down the crime rate? Argument II. "TheUnited States Supreme Court said this about the death penalty (In Gregg v. Georgia, 1976): "The imposition of the death penalty for the crime of murder has a long history of acceptance both in the United States and in England. . . ." "It is apparent from the text of the Constitution itself that the existence of capital punishment was accepted by the Framers. At the time the Eighth Amendment was ratified, capital punishment was a common sanction in every State. Indeed, the First Congress of the United States enacted legislation providing death as the penalty for specified crimes. The Fifth Amendment, adopted at the same time as the Eighth, contemplated the continued existence of the capital sanction by imposing certain limits on the prosecution of capital cases:" "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury . . . ; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; . . . nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. . . ." "And the Fourteenth Amendment, adopted over three-quarters of a century later, similarly contemplates the existence of the capital sanction in providing that no State shall deprive any person of "life, liberty, or property" without due process of law." "For nearly two centuries, this Court, repeatedly and often expressly, has recognized that capital punishment is not invalid per se. . . ." Summary The US Supreme Court has for over 200 years, repeatedly declared the death penalty to be constitutional (except for the four years from 1972 to 1976). It based it's decisions on two Amendments to the Constitution that specifically mention the death penalty as follows: The 5th Amendment to the Constitution says: "No person shall be ... deprived of life ... without due process of law." The 14th Amendment says: "No state shall ... deprive any person of life ... without due process of law." Plus the Supreme Court noted that when the Eight Amendment was written regarding cruel and unusual punishment, capital punishment was a common sanction in every State"---http://constitution.now77.com... The constitution supports the death penalty as long as there is a "due process of law", which means a person must be tried by a judge in order to receive the penalty. But make no mistake, The constitution does allow it. Refutations. III. Some may say that the death penalty violates the constitutional amendment 8. No one should receive cruel and unusual punishment. However the death penalty is not cruel. It is a just punishment for ones actions against the public and the state. And it is not unusual. It is practiced by 37 of the 50 states. That's the majority of states that practice this law. So you can obviously see, that the death penalty is neither cruel nor unusual. And therefore it is not in a violation with the constitution. As long as it is enacted after the person is tried in a court of law. I look forward to your next argument. Good luck!