The moral of the death penalty is that when someone commits a heinous crime, they should be prosecuted in a way that is equal to their crime. Robert Blecker, JD said that "We have the responsibility to punish those who deserve it, but only to the degree they deserve it...." This states that people should get what they deserve. If they go out and commit homicide or murder for fun they should get the same treatment. Losing someone can be tragic, but losing someone because a criminal killed them is even worse. The death penalty provides closure for the victim(s) family and people want to protect their family at any cost.
The physicians and other doctors there are not there to kill them but to make sure they are comforted at their last minute of life instead of in pain. These doctors make sure the criminal is not in pain while he or she dies. Jail is actually a nice place, people who are homeless often commit crimes to go to jail. There they get fed good, they're clothed, they have a roof over their heads, and most of all they benefit from our tax money. Being in jail is better than a death sentence in many ways; they get good meals, they have clothes or someone could escape. They have everything that any normal person would have besides independence and sometimes connections to the outside world.
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There are roughly 2.3 million people convicted for crimes, in that 2.3 million there are 704,000 people who are convicted for a "violent crime". 174,000 are convicted for murder, 17,000 for manslaughter, 165,000 for rape or sexual assault, 170,000 for robbery, 136,000 for assault and 43,000 for other violent crimes. Giving someone the death sentence can cause a domino effect on people's views of committing certain crimes. It acts as a deterrent in some