The death penalty should be illegal in the united states.

2. According to http://www.mocadsv.org... , justice is defined as this: "Justice is generally understood to mean what is right, fair, appropriate, deserved. (My opponent asked if I think that justice is better served by implementing the death penalty and my answer is yes.) So she is saying that what is right, fair, appropriate, and deserved is superior to use by carrying out the execution to test its functionality. Execution needs to be carried out to confirm what is right, fair, appropriate, and deserved. (what implementing means, http://www.english-test.net...) This is not true. The death penalty is not yet a permanent solution, and has obviously had some "issues". Here are a few. 1. Most of our allies in the war on terror have abolished the death penalty and believe it to be a human rights violation. 2.Many countries refuse to cooperate with extraditing suspected terrorists to the United States for prosecution until they receive assurances that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty 3.Finally, serious racial and geographic disparities have been identified with the federal death penalty and these problems have not been addressed. http://www.talkleft.com... 3.In a small random DNA sampling, University of Michigan Professor Samuel Gross found that, of Death Row cases, 2.5% to 5% are wrongfully convicted but it could be as high as 9% http://www.amfor.net... 4."Only a handful of people actually die from the death penalty each year." *cough* look back at the top. i place three sources in which there were severel people executed by the death penalty. If you want to say this part of the debate is irrelevant, fine. Feel free to do so. But dont come back in the next round and tell me about it ;] "There are A LOT more murders and homicides committed than the number of actual people who make it to the end of death row." We are now talking about 1. How many people have died from the death penalty 2. "statistics regarding the number of people that were wrongfully put to death." What you are saying about murder and homicides have absolutely nothing to do with these too added discussions, (stated::There are A LOT more murders and homicides committed than the number of actual people who make it to the end of death row [for you, darling just incase you thought i made it up.]) at which i will let you dwell on that and let you save it for a later debate. Oh and 20 years to get it right? Can you answer a question correctly instead of ignoring mine? (i.e. the awesome justice system) 20 years. It wont matter because you are in jail, you have to pay for your consequences, and You Tell Me what you are gonna do to "get it right?!" The jail is a fabulous place to do that. And because of the current way of things, no matter what your doing in that jail cell, you get out of jail, whatever, life never again will be the same. Moving right along into the danger zone. 5. You like how im doing mine now? im actually taking time righting it...and only copied and pasted a couple of sentences. plethora-extreme excess; maximum, you have givin me 2 or 3 reasons why I was wrong, Not why you were right. "Furthermore, the "eye for an eye" concept was NOT detailed in the Constitution; it was mentioned the Bible." 10 points. 6. Dare I ask::Do you think that the death penalty is bringing down the reason why the system isnt better put together? Do you thing (said) penalty should be stricter? (tell me if this is irrelevant.) 7. You did say that "eliminating the death penalty as an option is seemingly showing more sympathy for the killer than it is for the victim or their families." So in some way you have to either pick a side of supporting the death of the killer or leaving them be. You can hang on the edge of the cliff forever. you either let go or pull yourself back up there. 8. we shouldn't bestow the same punishment as the crime in all cases because typically the crimes do not commit the ultimate injustice: depriving another of their right to life. You will find exactly where you quoted this. up at the top. 9. Thank you! I tingle at the words Jonas Brothers!! And true i love the disney channel. i am also not 20 and do not enjoy the news. :] "Depriving another of their right to life is the ultimate crime and injustice." Can you tell me how the death penalty is able to stear clear on this?