I am against capital punishment. Two wrongs do not make a right. Some people argue that to put people in prison for life is more expensive and it makes us pay more taxes. This is not a good argument because the death penalty actually costs more than life imprisonment. After adding up all the costs, the death sentence in fact costs in between 2 and 5 million dollars per execution with all the special trials and appeals, while life in prison only costs 1 million.

If my best friend was murdered and he threatened to kill me too, I still would not want the death penalty imposed on him. I know that he would be safely locked up in prison and that he would not be able to harm me. I would be very mad at him but hopefully I would eventually be able to forgive him if he was truly sorry for what he did. Killing him would not bring back my best friend so I do not see any reason to have another person killed.

Also capital punishment is very racially prejudiced. Minorities are up to th

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