An age-old question has been on people 's mind in america: Should the death penalty be accepted as a sort of discipline or punishment? There are 3,019 people currently on death row. www.deathpenalty.procon.org,) Before the death penalty was removed from all states in the U.S there were 1,394 people executed. On January 17, 1977, the death penalty was suspended in 32 states in this country. Even Bill Cosby spoke out against giving the death penalty to the man who shot and killed his own son. Over 100 innocent people have been accused and executed over the years before death penalty was illegal. There are 8 ways to lead up to be in the position of the death penalty, the ways are treason, terrorism, espionage, drug trafficking, attempting to kill …show more content…
There are 50% of black people, 37% of white people, and 13% of mexicans, chinese, and etc arrested. The death penalty doesn’t teach them any type of lesson. As a result, with the death penalty they aren 't having any type of discipline. The prisoners aren 't being taught anything if we are killing the people who killed others. Death penalty is worst than life sentence because with life sentence you still have the ability to breathe, walk, and talk. With the death penalty you aren 't capable of doing anything but lay there. 70% of the people who were executed were because of rape or murder. Nike got the slogan “Just do it” from a man 's last word before getting executed. Should the death penalty be accepted even though god said “thou shalt not kill”. The death penalty was outlawed in 1950 because an innocent man was blamed for the death of his wife and daughter. In 1953 a man overheard the officers conversation about how they were going to execute him and the prisoner escaped from prison and as time went by he was involved in a bad situation at a bar. Meanwhile, one of the few things that represents death penalty is killing a cat on accident or on purpose. In addition, Jails pay over $9 million a year just to have the