OPENING - Crissa Selwyna Maramag Imagine the life of someone you love, your whole life has been taken away by an inhumane person in just a snap. You see that person living his or her life in jail with luxury, is sentenced only 10 years in jail. When the time comes, you’re scared because what if he or she comes back for your family, killing another one of your loved ones to see you suffer. You can’t spend your whole life being afraid of what happens next. That is why we are pro capital punishment or what we usually call death penalty. What is capital punishment you ask? Well, capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a legal authorization by the court to punish a person by taking away their life for committing a crime bound by life sentences such as murder. Throughout the years, capital punishment has been slowly introduced around the world with currently 57 countries still practicing it …show more content…
In 2016, at least 3,117 people were sentenced to death across 55 countries, which is the highest number to recorded in just a year. The actual number of people who were executed in that 2016 is approximately 1,032 that mostly happened in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. With the remaining prisoners who are still sentenced to death, there is a possibility of commutation to lifetime imprisonment instead of a death penalty in the future. Imagine they are living their lives in prison while their victims have no voice at all because of the crime they committed. With that being said, we are in favour of capital punishment for these reasons; capital punishment creates an emotional or psychological effect to people that have experienced heart wrenching incidents and having prisoners only convicted lifetime