Another argument made by death penalty supporters is that the death penalty will eliminate the chances of a criminal committing a second crime. Certainty, the death penalty will completely destroy the chances of a criminal committing another crime. However, it also destroys the chances of rehabilitating criminals by ending their lives. The purpose of capital punishment is an attempt to decrease and prevent crime. The death penalty is only another form of murder.
Capital punishment destroys the chance of convicted criminals to rehabilitate.
Although there are many arguments in favor of capital punishment, the arguments against capital punishment are more convincing. First, the justice system is not infallible. The risk of executing the innocent is too high. Unlike the other criminal punishments, the death penalty is final. Once the court rules that one is guilty and the state executes that person, it is impossible to reverse the execution.