The death penalty has always been a very controversial issue.Death sentences are usually handed out to people who have been found guilty of crime.Death sentences are usually handed out to people who have been found guilty of capital crime. The death penalty should not be a thing because taking someone's life is wrong.
People are being wrongly executed. It cost a lot of money to kill or put someone on death row. Criminals may be suffering from mental illness.
Wrongly executed At least 4.1% of all defendants sentenced to death in the US are innocent.
More than 1,000 people executed since 1976 may
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Today, DNA evidence has released 15 death row inmates since 1992, but only eight inmates have been acknowledged of their possible innocence after execution by the Death Penalty.
Paying millions for the death penalty system A new study by Lewis & Clark Law School and Seattle University that examined the costs of hundreds of aggravated murder and murder cases in Oregon has concluded that maintaining the death penalty incurs a significant financial burden on Oregon taxpayers. Excluding state prison costs, the difference was even more stark $1.1 million for death sentences v.s $315,159 for other cases. The study also found that death penalty costs were escalating over time, from $274,209 in the 1980s to $1,783,148 in the 2000s.
But at the same time it will save lives of others. And It would save the state from having to pay fees associated with lengthy trials and years of appeals.
But also it might be easier leaving them in jail than to think about death penalty as a