Upon admitting guilt, the death penalty is reasonable.

I'm going to be standing on the affirmative side of this resolution. This means I support the death penalty for ONLY those who have admitted guilt. Unless their is like video taped evidence of the crime and the person wont admit, I don't think its right to kill prisoners who may not even be the right person who was convicted. So with that being said, Ill start my argument. A1: INFRINGEMENT If someone can find it in them to take the life of an innocent person (note this is not including self defence charges obviously) then they hardly deserve life themselves. America's own pledge of aliegance was founded of of justice. "...and justice for all...". A2: ECONOMIC REASONS Most state penitaries are overcrowded. Here's a report from back in 2001. "The Bureau of Justice Statistics, which releases findings about prison populations twice a year, reports a 7.2 percent growth in federal prisons in the first half of 2001, compared to a 1.6 percent population growth in state prisons. " http://www.prisonpolicy.org... And the problems have only increased since then. in 2008, 1 in every 100 adults end up behind bars! "Based on current projections, by 2011 the U.S. prison population will increase by 13% – which is triple the growth of the entire population as a whole – to more than 1.7 million . Supporting that increase in incarcerated people will cost American taxpayers and local/state budgets an estimated $27.5 billion. At that time, another 4 million people will also be on probation or parole. " http://www.jailovercrowding.com... Now that I have given evidence on how the prisons are overcrowded, I will show you where the problem comes. 140,610 prisoners a year, get convicted and given a life sentence. http://www.prisonactivist.org... Why should these people deserve to take up the space that would be more useful to prisoners on parole? They provide absolutely nothing beneficial for America, and just take up space and eat food. The problem with that, is that they don't even deserve. Logically, the best decision would be death for these people. They have no future, and are never going to be let out. It serves us no good to keep them here. A3: OVERCROWDED PRISONS=INCREASED VIOLENCE Overcrowded prisons spawn violence. Prisoners generally come from violent backgrounds and when put in an environment where there are others like themselves, there will be nothing good. "If you cram prisoners into a small space and give them nothing productive to do, you will breed violence." Mike Earley. "Case in point: the recent bloody riot at California's prison at Chino. It lasted 20 hours. Some 250 inmates were injured. Men attacked each other with shards of glass and broken water pipes, inflicting stab and head wounds so severe that scores of victims had to be rushed to local hospitals." http://www.breakpoint.org... http://www.nytimes.com... Why should there be unnecessary violence, when over 1/10 of the prisoners involved in the violence don't deserve to be there in the first place, due to taking away the lives of another? I feel I have made my points clear, and I will patiently await for my opponent to accept my challenge. Good luck to you :) -philosophical SOURCES [ http://www.prisonpolicy.org... ] [ http://www.jailovercrowding.com... ] [ http://www.prisonactivist.org... ] [ http://www.breakpoint.org... ] [http://www.nytimes.com... ]