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The Death Penalty The death penalty has always been and continues to be a very controversial issue. ... While opponents of capital punishment are quick to point out that the United States remains one of the few Western countries that continues to support the death penalty, Americans are also more likely to encounter violent crime than citizens of other countries (Brownlee 31). ... If a buglar deserves imprisonment, then a murderer deserves death (Winters 168). The death penalty is necessary and the only punishment suitable for those convicted of capital offenses. Seventy-five percent of Americans support the death penalty, according to Turner, because it provides a deterrent to some would-be murderers and it also provides for moral and legal justice (83). ... The number of potential murders that are deterred by the threat of a death penalty may never be known, just as it may never be known how many lives are saved with it. However, it is known that the death penalty does definately deter those who are executed. ... Surpreme Court banished the death penalty. like other states, Texas commuted all death sentences to life imprisionment. ... One of the commuted death row prisoners killed another inmate and another one killed a girl within one year of his release on parole.
Approximate Word count = 1002
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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