Capital punishment arguments

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  • Created by: emilayb
  • Created on: 14-02-14 15:05

Capital punishment 

Advantages

  • It is an excellent deterrent. Knowing that they could be killed for a crime is likely to stop them from committing it
  • The death penalty removes dangerous people like serial killers from society to make it a safer place
  • the death penalty is far cheaper than keeping a criminal in maximum security prison for the rest of their lives
  • A life for a life is fair retribution human life is the most valuable thing a person has so a murderer should lose theirs
  • The death penalty gives the victims family a sense of closure which helps them to get on with their lives

Disadvantages

  • Innocent people get convicted by mistake using the death penalty prevents mistakes being corrected
  • Life is sacred no one has the right to kill another person
  • Life in prison is a greater deterrent to many criminals which is why some try to commit suicide
  • If there is a death penalty for murder there is nothing to stop a person killing many people
  • The death penalty is inhuman and barbaric it creates a brutal society
  • A un survey in 1988 and 1996 found no evidence that capital punishment was a deterrent
  • Terrorists are sometimes regarded as heroes or martyrs which might encourage others to follow

Evaluation

In my opinion I think that capital punishment is a bad thing as it is not right to kill as a punishment.

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