Persuasive Essay Pro Death Penalty

The death penalty has sparked a national debate in the united states for a number of reasons. These reasons, include the responsibility of the government to protect the general public by removing dangerous criminals society while not violating the constitutional prohibition against cruel or unusual punishment. Another element of the debate on the legality of maintaining the death penalty include the cost of incarcerating criminals for life. Finally the moral element. Is it right for the state to kill it's own people. The history of the death penalty started as far back as Eighteen Century B.C. in the code of King Hammurabi of Babylon,which stated that there was 25 different crimes that could have death as the punishment. In Fourteenth Century B.C. the the death penalty was mentioned in Hittite Code. As for Seventh Century B.C.the was a code named

They are kept on death row, far from anyone whom they could possibly damage or harm, and will eventually meet death in the form of a lethal injection or the electric chair. In this respect, they are technically correct. However, note the technically. They are correct with respect that the criminals we find and successfully accuse of heinous crimes are taken off the street and away from the general population, but what about the criminals yet to be caught? The criminal in the making? As we shall see, the police themselves consider the death penalty to be the least effective method to deter future criminals. Further, they consider it the most expensive option available. All of that leads to a lessening of police resources in troubled areas and a general increase in crime. So yes, while we are protected from criminals in one respect, we are also creating a new generation of criminals that have grown up to fear death from the very beginning and thus will not hesitate to emulate those already behind