The death penalty saves lives in that, by executing murderers, you prevent them from murdering again. Most convicted murderers and their lawyers plead for life instead of the death penalty. Those who oppose capital punishment bring to light the following arguments. I highly doubt it. The death penalty violates constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.
Capital punishment discriminates against the poor.
Our criminal justice system is very flawed. For example Roosevelt Green was executed in Georgia two days before J.C. Shaw. Green and an accomplice kidnapped a young woman. Green swore that his companion shot her to death after Green had left, and that he knew nothing about the murder. Green s claim was supported by a statement that his accomplice made to a witness after the crime.