| are few topics as controversial among the American | | | | people deserving its punishment and they say that |
| government and general population as the death | | | | because there is no real way to make the |
| penalty. Few topics spark such heated debates and | | | | punishement infallible, the punishment should not exist. |
| few issues have people so clearly on one side of the | | | | Because of the injustices of our nation's justice |
| argument or the other. The death penalty is definitely | | | | system, many Americans believe that the death |
| famous for having thinkers on both sides of the fence | | | | penalty should cease to exist. They raise questions |
| with few people riding the gray area in the middle. | | | | such as where should the line be drawn for what |
| Many Americans are for the death penalty. In essence | | | | crimes deserve the death penalty and what crimes do |
| they believe that there are certain crimes so heinous | | | | not? Who is to say what crimes should be punishable |
| that the criminals deserve nothing but death. People | | | | onto death and what crimes should allow the criminal |
| who choose to take the life of another through murder, | | | | to keep their life? Since there are no clear answers to |
| for example, are criminals for whom the death penalty | | | | these questions, many say that the death penalty |
| should be in effect. A drug dealer whose dealing leads | | | | cannot rightfully exist. Or, for example, what if the |
| to the death of people could also be considered a | | | | justice system is wrong in their judgment of a |
| prime criminal to undergo the death penalty. Americans | | | | suspected criminal and condemns an innocent person |
| that are pro-death penalty believe that those who take | | | | to suffer the death penalty while the real criminal goes |
| the life of another should not be able to keep their own | | | | free? We can never be fully sure of the justice of our |
| lives. There are, of course, exceptions for deaths that | | | | justice system, they say. |
| occur because of war, self-defense, or the killing of | | | | Another injustice of the death penalty system that |
| say a person who abuses children. These are | | | | many Americans note is that often criminals without |
| justifiable deaths that do not require the death penalty. | | | | sufficient means to defend themselves are left to die |
| On the other side of the death penalty debate are | | | | while other criminals with money and power are able |
| Americans who do not believe that the death penalty | | | | to flee the punishment of the death penalty simply |
| should exist for many reasons. In general, these | | | | because they have the means to beat the system. |
| Americans believe that it is inhumane to kill even a killer. | | | | How just is the punishment if not all criminals are given |
| They believe that even a killer has rights that need to | | | | equal opportunity to present their case? |
| be protected by the law. A huge caution that many | | | | There are endless questions that plague people on |
| people site about the death penalty is surrounding our | | | | both sides of the death penalty debate. The only for |
| justice system. Many Americans wonder how to | | | | sure thing about the issue is that it is highly debatable |
| ensure that the death penalty happens to only those | | | | and complicated for our nation to agree upon. |