Death Row Would you want one of your family members to be executed if they were innocent? I know that I would not want them to be executed. I think that the death penalty should be illegal because, it could take the like of someone innocent, take someone else like is wrong, and death penalty is against most people religion. The death penalty is the punishment of execution, to someone who legally conceited of a capital crime. The death penalty can be prescribed by congress or any state legislature for murder and other capital crimes. The death penalty has an age requirement and it is in only 36 states. They must provide a lot of evidence of what the person did to have them put on death row. They must be sure that the person that is accused of the crime are guilty. When someone is on death row it can take a long time to get executed. Some people are on death row for more than 20 years. There are 5 different was to execute someone on death row. One is lethal injection, another is electrocution, then lethal gas, also they do firing squad and hanging. The most common way to execute someone is lethal injection, some are …show more content…
Anne Marie stated, “In our experiences, most survivors want ‘justice’ for the murderers of their family members” additional she said “Moreover, victims' families will always be haunted by the specter that an inmate sentenced to life without parole will suddenly ask the governor to reduce a sentence – as happened recently in the case of a Fresno murderer who waited 36 years and applied for clemency(Marie). I believe that there are better was for the families to heal for what happened to their family member. They can get help from a professional or a friend. Having the criminal executed is not going to bring their family member back and it is not going to make them feel any