The only reasonable discipline for committing cold blooded murder is death. The back up this reason by noticing that minorities are unfairly being executed at higher rates than are Caucasians because the percentage of minorities being executed is not proportional to the percentage of minorities in society. This is true, only in the fact that more murders are committed by minorities, and therefore more minority citizens are being faced with capital punishment. I believe that most of these felonies are committed in large urban cities where the minority population is higher than the white population, hence this outcome occurs. But the most popular case where the death penalty is being sought is the O.J. Simpson case.
Lets imagine for a moment there was no death penalty for a moment.
The only reasonable sentence would a life sentence. This would be costly to the tax payers, not only for the cost of housing and feeding the prisoner but because of the numerous appeals which wastes man hours and money. By treating criminals in this manner, we are encouraging behavior that will result in a prison sentence. If there is no threat of death to one who commits a murder, than that person is guaranteed to be provided with a decent living environment until their next parole hearing. They are definitely not getting the punishment they deserve.