Topic: We should abolish capital punishment
capital punishment saves money and resources that can be spent else where society can benefits in general not on an a convicted criminal.
capital punishment sends a message to other criminals that if you commit an awful crime you will be severely punished
capital punishment serves as a deterrent for criminals.  they see the negative consequences of the actions of themselves and others.
capital punishment serves as the ultimate deterrent to the most heinous of crimes, and thus lowers the instances of these for the benefit of the population.
capital punishment should absolutely be abolished because it is inhumane to kill a person no matter how badly they behave. an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
capital punishment should be abolished as man has no right to decide to take another life no matter that that person has done.
capital punishment should be abolished because man is not the one that should be making the decision to take a life, but leave that to the all mighty god.
Capital punishment should be abolished because too many innocent people are put to death because they have been wrongly accused.
Capital punishment should be kept, in order to be used in the most extreme and horrible crimes. Not so much as a deterrant but as a way to acheive  a sort of justice.
capital punishment should be optional for parents and should be allowed to punish kids for their mistake and to improve their attention to important stuff in their life.
capital punishment should be removed from society as it is a backwards and medieval solution to crime that has no place in a modern society.
capital punishment should not be abolished. it could serve as a deterrent for hardened criminal
capital punishment should not be used in schools.
capital punishment should remain in affect as a deterrent to horrific crimes so that these types of crimes do not get out of hand.
Capital punishment sometimes goes wrong, causing incredible suffering to the victim.
capital punishment takes too long and has a long appeal process costing taxpayers money.
capital punishment takes too long to administer.
capital punishment violates the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause in the constitution
capital punishment will stop those that don't belong in the world
capital punishment would act as a deterrent for serious crimes.
capital punishment would be unfair to those who were wrongfully sentenced to death for a crime they did not commit.
Capital punishment wrongly gives governments the power to take human life.
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.
convictions are being overturned even 30 years later; if these people had been executed it would be too late
Crime rates in states with capital punishment is no different than crime rates in states without, proving that it is an ineffective deterrent.
Crime rates increase when there is no fear of a death penalty.
crimes as extreme as treason have such long-reaching effects, it is warranted to kill their perpetrators so that they can never benefit from their crimes.