Pro Death Penalty Persuasive Essay

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Death Penalty
January 26, 2017 a forty three year old man was executed for the death of two white people. After sitting on death row in prison for thirteen years he was finally put to his death. People are murdered everyday and for those families of the victims they are affected more than anyone and deserve justice for their loved one. Well that’s where the death penalty comes in, executing a criminal that has murdered in a terrible fashion. When one human kills another human they should go through the pain that their victim did; but sadly that is not the case. On an average there are 16000 murders a year but only around two thousand are put on death row(Reference.com), which leaves fourteen thousand families without justice and knowing the …show more content…

Like Jill Filipovic said in “Dylan Roof Is Evil. Dont Kill Him” article; "How do you justify saving one life when you took nine, and in such a brutal fashion?". How can some one so evil that took nine innocent peoples live be able to live in prison the rest of his life? Well they should not even have a glimpse of prison he should be taken dtraight from court to the chair; if the murder is proven guilty and admits to it and has hard evidence against them there should be no option. The prime example in the article “Dylan Roof Is Evil. Dont Kill Him” is “Roof was welcomed into a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where he opened fire and shot dead nine people” On a normal night in Charleston, South Carolina, normal innocent people were just trying to worship toghther and fellowship with one another; then one man comes in and shoots nine people that did no wrong to him and he may have the option to live the rest of his life in prision. He should be put to death and give justice to the family he has done so much