What Is The Death Penalty Rhetorical Analysis

Hailey Brunsen

Wheeler

Composition 2

1 February 2017

Rhetorical Analysis

Death penalty; the punishment of execution. Let me ask you a question, does it seem just to solve murder with murder? Wouldn’t the executor of the criminal be just as guilty for murder as the criminal himself? “The Facts: 13 Reasons to Oppose the Death Penalty,” written by an organization called Oregonians for Alternatives to Oppose the Death Penalty. If murder isn’t okay, then neither is the death penalty.

The death penalty is an issue with heavy moral and legal ramifications, and is often debated by everyone from the professionals to the scholar. Globally, the death penalty carries certain connotations, and within the United States, many states have chased to outlaw it. What follows is a brief examination of each perspective on this divisive issue. The organization of Oregonians for Alternatives to Oppose the Death Penalty is highly credible due to the sources of their facts, all the way straight from the courthouse to the bible, there isn’t one opinionated statistic in this article. Prioritizing death over life for what some criminals might call a mistake,

Perhaps there is a reason to have a defensive military, but prisoners pose no threat to the well-being of our citizens. There is no reason to place the mental health of our corrections workers at risk simply to pursue vengeance” (OADP). They put thoughts into their facts which will not only appeal to the logistics but the emotions of the audience. Society has always used punishment to discourage would-be criminals from unlawful action. Since society has the highest interest in preventing murder, it should use the strongest punishment available to deter murder, and that is the death penalty. If murderers are sentenced to death and executed, potential murderers will think twice before killing for fear of losing their own