The Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

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The death penalty should not be legal in any form and is unconstitutional in every possible way. It is randomly selected and very often, it is racially biased. There are many reasons why the death penalty should be illegal, such as innocent people being put on death row, the fact that the death penalty does not make crime rates lower, and the death penalty could be considered unconstitutional.
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, over 138 innocent men and women have been released from death row. Some were minutes away from their execution. In the states of Missouri, Texas, and Virginia, investigations have been opened to see if these states have executed innocent men and women. To execute an innocent person is morally reprehensible.