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Should Capital Punishment be Banished?

Although this .
             appears to be true at first, it actually costs more for the chemicals and equipment used for .
             the death penalty than to imprison them for life (Robertson 12). It is almost a never .
             ending battle of what costs more, imprisonment or death penalty. In the end an idea could .
             come into place. That idea could very well be that the criminals should have to pay for .
             themselves to live in jail. They would have to come up with money to support all of their .
             daily needs that taxpayers had once paid thousands of dollars for (Warren 1). .
             One who committed murder can have time to think in jail about what he/she did .
             and hopefully heal and change as a human being. Everyone has the natural right to live. .
             No one should have to pay for their right to live. No one should also have to be sentenced .
             to death (Robertson 26). However If it is clear that a person is guilty of murder, then that .
             person should be sentenced to death (Warren 2). I mean if there is no threat of death to .
             one who commits murder, then that person is guaranteed to be provided with a descent .
             living environment until their next parole hearing (Robertson 2). .
             A big argument for the believers of the banishment of capital punishment is that .
             of being wrongly accused for a crime and being put on death row. However it is hard to .
             kill a wrongly accused criminal (Kramer 1). For instance, capital punishment may be .
             imposed for a crime for which the death penalty is prescribed by law only at the time of its .
             commission. It may only be imposed when guilt is determined by clear and convincing .
             evidence leaving no room for an alternative explanation of the facts. It may only be .
             carried out after a final judgment rendered by a competent court allowing all possible safe .
             guards to the defendant, including adequate legal assistance. So basically its almost .
             impossible to wrongly accuse somebody that is on death row! .
             How would you feel if you were to be wrongly accused for a murder and put on .


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