The death penalty issue

There are some controversial issues as between the American government and population, such as the death penalty. Few topics spark heated debates and issues are people so clearly on one side of the argument or the other. The death penalty is certainly famous for thinkers on both sides of the fence, with a few people riding the gray area in between.

Many Americans are for the death penalty. In essence, they believe that there are some crimes so heinous criminals deserve nothing but death. People who choose to take the life of another through the assassination, for example, are criminals for which capital punishment should be in force. A drug dealer in dealing leads to death of people may also be considered a criminal first to suffer the death penalty. Americans who are pro-death penalty believe that those who take another's life should not be able to maintain its life. There are obviously exceptions for deaths that occur because of the war, self-defense, or killing of saying a person who abuses children. These are dead to justify not requiring the death penalty.

Other side of the debate on the death penalty are the Americans who do not believe that the death penalty should exist for many reasons. In general, these Americans believe it is inhumane to kill a murderess. They believe that a murderess has rights that must be protected by law. A huge site that many people care about the death penalty is surrounding our judicial system. Many Americans are asking how to ensure that the death penalty, only happens to those people who deserves his punishment and said that since there is no real way to make punishement infallible, the punishment should not exist.

Because of the injustices of the judicial system of our country, many Americans believe the death penalty should cease to exist. Raising questions as must be completed in line for what crimes deserve death penalty and crimes which do not? Who can say what crimes should be punishable as crimes and the death penalty should be allowed to keep their lives? Since there are no clear answers to these questions, many say that the death penalty can not legitimately exist. Or, for example, what happens if the justice system is wrong in their decision of a criminal suspect and condemns the innocent to suffer the death penalty, while the real criminal goes free? We can never be completely sure of the righteousness of our justice system, they say.

Another injustice of the death penalty system that many Americans see is that criminals often without sufficient means to defend themselves are left to die while other criminals with money and power are able to escape the punishment of the death penalty simply because they have the means to beat the system. How is the punishment, if not all criminals are given equal opportunity to present their case?

There are endless questions that plague people on both sides of the debate on the death penalty. The only thing for sure is that the issue is highly controversial and complicated for our nation to be discussed.