Capital Punishment: Against

Title	Capital Punishment: Against
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Capital Punishment: Against

Capital Punishment: Against

          More money is spent executing humans than keeping them in a
penitentiary for life. Compared to capital punishment, life in prison is far
worse. Mistakes may be made and no one can bring another human back to life.
Juries are often white and this may lead to racial decisions. Of the 144
executions since the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty in the U.S., not
one white person has been executed for killing a black. Of the 16,000 executions
in U.S. history, only 30 cases involved a white sentenced for killing a black.
Therefore, no one, including the government, should have the power to tell
another human that they must be put to death, no matter what they commit.
          Today's government and justice system is not as efficient as it should
be. If a mistake is made in an execution sentence and an innocent person dies,
no one can bring their life back. Now, if the death penalty did not exist, the
person would still have their life. Juries also have to think about the families,
both of the victim and the suspect. What if the suspect did not commit the
murder and was executed? How would the suspect's family feel? A close relative
had just died due to the fact that another mistake was made in our justice
system. This in fact would send a rush of anger through my body. The justice
system killed somebody's family member. The death penalty should not even exist,
due to the fact that many mistakes can be made, and a life can never be brought
back.
          Juries have been and still are mostly consist...

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