Topic: We should abolish capital punishment

Argument: capital punishment should remain in affect as a deterrent to horrific crimes so that these types of crimes do not get out of hand.

Argument: capital punishment would be unfair to those who were wrongfully sentenced to death for a crime they did not commit.

Argument: Capital punishment wrongly gives governments the power to take human life.

Argument: capital punishments targets mostly men of color and sometimes even innocent people are put to death. you cannot make reparations to a person after you have killed them.

Argument: Crime rates in states with capital punishment is no different than crime rates in states without, proving that it is an ineffective deterrent.

Argument: Crimes that get the death penalty are rarely premeditated, which means capital punishment doesn't function as a deterant.

Argument: criminals that have committed terrible crimes should not continue to be a burden to society.

Argument: dangerous criminals that can not be rehabilitated and are a danger to society should be subjected to capital punishment.

Argument: death penalty brings closure to families and saving taxpayers millions of dollars every year

Argument: Everyone is capable of being reformed, but that is impossible with the death penalty.

Argument: far too many innocent people have been hanged fir capital punishment to continue.

Argument: For a growing number of victims of violence, the thought of honoring our loved ones by killing another human being is not only counter-intuitive, but abhorrent

Argument: for some people the crimes committed are so horrendous that the perpetrator must never be allowed to spend time with decent people again, the only way to guarantee this is by capital punishment

Argument: Given that we can almost never guarantee that someone isn't wrongly convicted, we shouldn't have capital punishment because it can't be undone if new evidence comes out.

Argument: Government action informs citizens action, so government should not condone death in any way.

Argument: Government violence is more extreme than individual violence, making it so the death penalty is never justified.

Argument: Guilty people deserve to be punished in proportion to the severity of their crime. Thus, the death penalty is a just punishment for murder - a life for a life.

Argument: i believe abolishing capital punishment because it's murder. we shouldn't play god and decide if someone should live or die. we can put them in solitary confinement for life instead.

Argument: if a person cannot and will not change, and would re-offend on release by killing others, then they should be stopped and should not be an expense to the taxpayer.

Argument: if reserved for extreme cases, capital punishment can send a strong message that society condemns such crimes.

Argument: if someone is guilty of heinous crimes it is only fair that they suffer the consequences

Argument: If someone murders someone else, they have given up their human rights, including the one to stay alive themselves