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Prop 66 Argumentative Essay

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The death sentence, a controversial topic that was brought to our attention in this year's election in California through the means of prop 66 and prop 62. Prop 66 was to keep the death penalty, but to revise some of its aspects. While prop 62 was against the death penalty. This issue of sentencing a person for a heinous crime to death is such a critical topic because of the fact of whether to save the lives of criminals or take them away. I do not believe that the father of Hester Prynne’s child should be put to death with the crime that he has committed because the crime that he committed is not a crime that should be punishable by death. This brings me back to prop 66. In California “nearly two thousand murders occur annually and only fifteen death sentences are imposed”(prop 66 official voters guide). When the father of Hester Prynne’s child did not commit a murder or rape which those people who committed murder would be sentenced to death. Although prop 66 will bring justice to those families that have suffered great losses it still has it’s drawbacks, prop 66 is poorly written and might sentence innocent lives. It does not just affect the families that have lost people or the person who is being convicted it affects everyone. …show more content…

Anna Quindlen states that “the killing of one human being as punishment… is inherently immoral” which I took into consideration in my opinion. Yes, killing one person is “inherently immoral” and even when one person did not commit a crime worth the death punishment, but like prop 66 said only those who have committed the crimes of murder or rape should be on death row. To tie all these opinions and facts together, I believe that the crime of adultery committed by the father of Hester Prynne’s child is not worth the punishment of

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