Topic: We should abolish capital punishment
the risk of executing an innocent person, especially in a criminal justice system as flawed as our own, is too high.
the risk of killing even one wrongly accused person is enough to warrant abolishing capital punishment.
the severity of a crime that leads to capital punishment is surely a just result for the victim's family.
The very small chance of executing the wrong person is balanced by the benefits to society of putting off other murderers
the wrong person has been executed many times and therefore this should be stopped.
there are better ways of punishing criminals nowadays and some can be rehabilitated.
there are crimes for which it is the only response
there are criminals who will never be rehabilitated and should pay the ultimate price
there are many instances of innocence being proved at a later date
there are some crimes so heinous, such as child rape and murder, that capital punishment is the only appropriate punishment for the crime as well as to act as a deterrent to others
There are some crimes too heinous to ever forgive and there are some criminals too far gone to rehabilitate; in these cases the only solution is capital punishment.
there are too many historical cases where innocent people have been put to death.
There cannot be a just retribution for mass murder, for example, but surely death sentence would be closer to justice than subsisting such a murderer till the end of his days at the taxpayer's expense.
There cannot be justification for taking a human life. The only way to properly deliver this message is to abolish death penalty.
There have been and always will be cases of executions of innocent people
there have been instances where the person that faces capital punishment was later found to be not guilty of the crime that they have been accused of.
there is a possibility that an innocent person will be put to death.
There is ample evidence showing that capital punishment does not constitute effective deterrence.
there is no credible evidence that capital punishment acts as a deterrent
There is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than a prison term
there is no evidence that capital punishment stops crimes
There is not credible statistical evidence that capital punishment reduces the rate of homicide
this type of punishment is wrong because no one deserves to be treated that way
those who take innocent life deserve to suffer the greatest punishment wich is death - not being fed three meals a day and given cable TV
to provide  an example of acting as we wish others to act, we should not kill those who commit serious crimes. doing so puts humanity on their level and excuses their behaviour on an existential level.
too many innocent persons have been discovered on death row, so we should just abolish capital punishment so that we do not punish an innocent person in such a way as can not be reversed.
too many people have been executed with false or inadequate evidence of guilt, or because they have mental health issues.
too much of our taxes go towards paying for bad people, capital punishment would reduce jail spending.