Argumentative Essay: The State Of Indiana Death Penalty

In the United States there are many concerns on if the death penalty is or is not a form of cruel and unusual punishment. There are also many heated debates on if the death penalty should be illegal or remain legal. This report will discuss the cost, most used method and circumstances in which a person is not able to be executed. Many people say that the death penalty costs too much. According to the Death Penalty Information center (death penaltyinfo.org) in the state of Indiana. The average capital case resulting in a death sentence costs $449,887”. The death penalty is thirty eight percent greater than the total cost of life without parole sentences”. People who intentionally go out to harm or kill another human being should not have the chance to live. According to the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney The Death Penalty (attorney, 1998-2015)Mark Allen Wisehart of Madison County Indiana has been on death row since September 26, 1983 for killing a 61 year old Female with a butter knife. If Mark was to get life in prison without parole that is going to say he can’t escape

Lethal injection is supposed to be the least painful method of execution out there. According to the Indiana Death penalty Facts-in.gov (in.gov, 2015) “If a prisoner is executed, The state of Indiana will strap him to a gurney, insert an IV line, and inject into that line a series of three chemicals 1 a barbiturate, to render him unconscious, 2 pancuronium bromide to paralyze voluntary and reflex muscles, 3 potassium chloride to stop his heart” (pg. 2). Any prisoner set to be executed is going to be scared because when they are executed their life has been terminated. The other four methods of execution may be more painful than the lethal injection method. Even though everyone who murders another human being should be held responsible. There are ways that people can be excluded from being sentenced to