Do you think we should continue the death penalty today?


As stated by Wikipedia, capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences.
Different states have different reasons for issuing the death penalty. While some issue such penalties to those who commited treason, others actually punish sexual criminals with this penalty.
In my opinion, I feel that death penalty is indeed too harsh a punishment for criminals. However, I would say that the death penalty should not be removed. Instead, it should only be issued when criminals commit the most serious forms of capital crimes. The reason is simple. It’s a fact that everyone makes mistakes at a certain point of our lives. Sometimes, however, the mistakes that some of us may make tend to be more serious or detrimental than others.
When an offence is committed, the law may put some behind bars. While the period of jail term may differ for different cases, having to be a jail bird itself is already considered to be a relatively harsh punishment for the majority. The death penalty should thus not be used on crminals who are willing to change for the better. After all, it is someone’s life that we are talking about here.
Some criminals may have committed crimes while in their mental state of confusion. If a criminal committed a capital offence under such conditions, it would have been unfair to sentence him a death penalty immediatele without giving him a second chance. Even criminals deserve a second chance. Thus I would say that the system of issuing death penalties should not be abolished. Instead, it should only be issued when the same person commits serious capital offences twice. Only then can we be more certain that this person has more or less no intention of repenting his mistakes. After all, having committed hard core crimes more than once, it clearly shows that a second chance had been given to him, but he had unfortunately chosen to reject the opportunity.

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