Is the Death Penalty Necessary?!!

There are many reasons why people feel that the death penalty is necessary but I most certainly disagree. Sure we understand that if someone is aware that a crime is punishable by death that they may not commit a crime but there will be situations in which a person is not guilty and could suffer from the consequences that our court system failed to address. In fact, one aspect of this topic is that punishing someone to death for something such as murder itself is a huge contradiction. For example, someone could have destroyed my career, robbed me for everything I have and because they did this, I kill this person. Then, the society I live in will execute me for doing exactly what I have done, punishing someone by death.

So I think it would be fair to say that if the community does not want to allow people punishing each other by death then perhaps it would be a good idea to lead by example and not execute someone because of something they have done. How is it acceptable for a group of people to have someone killed? If this happens in a court room it is called “Capital Punishment”, If it happens outside of a court room it is called “conspiracy for murder”. In fact, if you google what you call a group of people that try to kill someone the top articles that show up are “street gangs” and “The death penalty”. Obviously these two groups must have something in common.

Given that we are all human and we all share the same vulnerabilities and strengths, what gives any of us the entitlement to tell someone whether or not they deserve to die? Nobody should be given that right and I don’t believe anyone should think that they are qualified to make such a decision. Let’s face it, Law is just like any other area of study, in that I mean that it is constantly changing and there are always things that need to be addressed or altered. This is why the American Constitution has amendments, because those who created it knew that nothing will ever be perfect unless it can be changed. 

So with that being said, it is not possible to believe that every single individual that is tried in a criminal case received a fair trial. Since it is true that there is no such thing as a perfect court system we can’t start killing people because we believe beyond any doubt that this person deserves to die.  Some cases can be found to be unfair if you took the time to research them.  There have been many defendants that were physically attacked and they defended themselves. When they defended themselves they used a lethal weapon (usually a firearm) and killed the attacker. When these situations were speculated some of these people were convicted of murder because it was not considered  an act of self defense because of the use of a lethal weapon which can be consider as excessive force. So with these matters in mind it is possible for anyone to be convicted of a serious crime even if they had reasonable intentions and were given a trial.

Mahatma Ghandi

If someone is killed over a civil matter it is murder, If it is in a war it is called a casualty, if it is in court it is capital punishment. The only difference to me is what word you prefer to call it.

“An eye for an eye” is a very popular excerpt that many people believe in when speaking of justice, However, I would agree with a qoute from Mahatma Ghandi which is

  

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”