There are many reasons why the death penalty should be used, but the three most important are that it deters potential murderers from committing crimes, it saves our government money in the long run, and most importantly, it guarantees that these convicted murderers will not kill again. ... The death penalty also saves the government money in the long run. ... When a convicted killer is given life without parole, the appeals made by attorneys on both sides, as well as appeals by the court and the judges involved, add up to millions of dollars our government wastes every year, not to mention mo...

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While many may think that life imprisonment is the correct alternative option, I think utilitarianism would also view it as a lesser option because the costs saved from housing and feeding a criminal can be spent on things such as food or healthcare that will benefit members of society and increase overall pleasure. There is so much poverty in this world that the costs of housing a criminal can lead to long-term happiness for society due to the money saved. Technically, no matter what society uses the money on, it will increase overall pleasure and be used to boost utilitarianism's accept...

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Capital punishment save money. ... Those who favor capital punishment say that why to keep a murderer in prison and feed him for the rest of his life from out taxpayers money. ... Executing each of these inmates would have saved 821 lives." (Sharp) There is direct proof that the death penalty does save lives. ... Being more cautious would save lives and keep it safer. ...

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Many people do not realize that if there was less capital punishment, a lot of money could be saved that could be used in many other ways. ... Maybe if they knew that it cost more money to kill somebody than they had the chance to spend in their entire life, they would have a different opinion about the death penalty. ...

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-California spends three times more money on its prisoners ($18,724/year) than it does on its students ($5,739/year). ... Alternatives -If California replaced the death penalty with a sentence of Life Without Parole, the state would save more than $90 milllion a year. ... -This money could be spent on schools, drug prevention programs, job training centers, after shcool programs, roads, or day care facilites; measures which truly prevent crime and make our neighborhoods safer. ...

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Another reason I support the death penalty is because I think it is a terrible waste of money to have to support criminals for the rest of their life in prison. They are the last people who should deserve our taxpayer's hard-earned money. It makes me angry to know that part of the money I am making at work is going to pay for the food some criminal is eating right now, the light that is shining in his cell, and the water he uses to brush his teeth, shower, or flush the toilet with. ... That is how our taxpayer money can be saved, and as a result, be put to better use on someone who is ...

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If eliminating the death penalty saves the life of just one innocent person, then it is the only moral option. ... For example, the costs associated with death penalty account for a significant part of the taxpayer's money. ... A public policy research professor at Duke found that North Carolina paid an extra $329,000 for each death penalty trial and the states could save $11 million per year by abolishing it (Costs of the Death Penalty). According to a Cornell law professor, the states spend a huge amount of money to execute a small number of people. ...

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I also feel that the death penalty lowers the murder rate and saves money compared to the alternative of life in prison. ... I think those murderers live in prison off of other people's hard earned money. ...

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Simpson case; everyone knows he was guilty, but since he has so much money and fame he was let free. If he didn't have all that money he"d be put to death for sure because he was a black man and he killed a white woman. ... But with the death penalty it would be too late to save those innocent people who get caught up in crimes they didn't commit. ...

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How would it feel if a close sibling, friend, or even a parent were murdered? And for punishment their murderer were given food and a place to stay all on the account of the tax money? One would probably agree that the death penalty is the only way to punish this killer. One should also agree then t...

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The movie shows that if you have money and can provide a good defense for yourself than you can be acquitted of murder, just like Matthew Ponsulate's accomplice. ... Even if that one mistaken person out of a hundred criminals were killed, many more lives could still possibly be saved by making sure the other ninety-nine cannot attack again. ...

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People who are against the death penalty argue that this amount of money could be spent to build more green spaces for children to play, or hiring more police officers to keep the community safer from inside not just from outside the community by capital punishment. ... The people who are supporting the death penalty think that society has to save people's lives by such a strict law to eliminate those criminals and make sure that they will not repeat their crimes again. ... I think the reason to the death penalty is to save other people's lives". ...

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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Hundreds of murderers are put into jail and then let out several years later. They say they have learned their lesson, yet when they get out they commit more crimes, and end up back in jail. The only way to make sure these murderers don't commit more crimes is by capital pun...

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The questions of fact concerning capital punishment fall into three general areas: does capital punishment save money. ... Those who favor capital punishment say that why to keep murder in prison and feed him for the rest of his life from out taxpayers money. ...

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It seems very unreasonable that someone would risk getting caught lying in court and be convicted of perjury to save someone who they claimed they really didn't like. ... Their only purpose it seemed was to get her to take out an extremely large life insurance policy of 750,000 dollars and have Bradfield named sole beneficiary, then split the money. I believe Bradfield decided to plant evidence against Smith so he would not have to share the money. ...

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Society has always used punishment to discourage would-be criminals from unlawful action. Since society has the highest interest in preventing murder, it should use the strongest punishment available to deter murder, and that is the death penalty. If murderers are sentenced to death and executed, po...

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