Pros And Cons Of Capital Punishment

Execute the Unforgivable

In 1986, from roughly midnight of Sunday, January fifth to the early morning of January sixth, Richard A. Benson murdered Laura Camargo, her almost two-year-old son, and her four and two-year-old daughters. Benson killed Laura around midnight on January fifth in her home. He began to rape her two young daughters. Later that evening, he killed Sterling, Lauras's two-year-old son. After this, Benson described his situation to the police as "a molester's type of heaven." Benson would go on to sexually assault the toddlers until the early hours of the following day when he finally beat them to death and set fire to the home to cover his tracks. After admitting to the crime, Benson was sentenced to death (St). He would then

Had Benson been executed by capital means, the family of Laura and her children would feel more closure than they do now. Sadly, this is a familiar setting; convicted monsters sit on death row for decades until they die in their sleep. The prison sentencing system must be completely revamped, especially the death penalty. The death penalty needs to be used more often, and inmates should be executed sooner. Someone who commits a heinous crime should not be allowed to receive three warm meals a day and shelter for free, and the public should not have to pay to feed this monster. Death penalty inmates should only be given three appeal trials; after they lose, they will be executed within the month. Capital punishment is reserved for only the most disturbing crimes, meaning there is no chance to rehabilitate the criminal. If this is so, then why should they continue to be kept alive for so long? The death penalty needs to be carried out quicker, and the sentence

However, these feelings are nothing compared to the thoughts and feelings the victim was going through at the time of the crime. Imagine how the two young girls felt as Benson raped them. Crimes gruesome enough to warrant the death penalty are deserving of death; executions should be carried out much sooner. Inmates should no longer be sitting on death row for three decades. Instead, inmates should be given three appeal trials spanning five years. Once those five years are up, or the prisoner loses each appeal, the execution must be carried out within the month of the expiration. "Currently, 38 of the fifty states have the death penalty. Of these 38, seven have not executed an inmate since 1976, and fifteen do not permit the execution of juvenile offenders. Statistics reveal that the death row population is at its historical peak; more than 3,700 persons await the death penalty in the United States," ("Death Penalty | World of Criminal Justice, Gale - Credo Reference"). The US is at an all-time low for executing inmates but an all-time high for the death row population. Not only is that just plain stupid, but it is also highly frustrating. People sentenced to the death penalty are supposed to die, not go to prison for the rest of their lives. Those sitting on death row are just serving a life sentence. Some argue that this is what they want; for those who hurt their families to rot in a cell for the