Pro Death Penalty Essay

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There have been many studies done in countries that have the death penalty that show that it is not that effective and some even mention it should be banned. the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment, has no deterrent effect, and crime has in fact been increasing in other countries that have the death penalty in effect. Recently executed murderer David Zink said this just before his death in Missouri: "For those who remain on death row, understand that everyone is going to die. ... Statistically speaking, we have a much easier death than most, so I encourage you to embrace it and celebrate our true liberation before society figures it out and condemns us to life without parole and we too will die a lingering death."

in Colarado, inmates spend 23 hours a day locked inside a cell, with little or no communication with other inmates or the outside world. “There are also state versions of these facilities, which the New York City Bar Association has labeled as cruel and unusual punishment resembling imprisonment in one as torture under international law.
(CNN, 2015 )”.

The death penalty sends the wrong message to the public, especially in the case of murder- why kill someone as punishment for killing others? It is hypocrisy and doesn't help resolve the issue at all. In addition, this punishment violates Section 12 of “The Canadian …show more content…

People commit murders because they have their mind set on this action, from the influence of alcohol or drugs, because they are mental ill, trying to prove a point, or do not realize or simply are not bothered by the possible consequences of their acts. “A recent study by Professor Micheal Radelet and Traci Lacock of the University of Colarado found that 88% of the nation’s leading criminologists do not believe the death penalty is an effective deterrent to crime ( Study, n.a, 2017

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