I do not believe in the death penalty.
I also don't believe that it is a very black and white situation. As history has proven that there are some people who are unable to be part of society to a safe extent, but the idea of removing the person from society to the extent that execution does. I think my main problem with the death penalty, aside from the financial cost, is that the problem arises regarding where to draw the line of what deserves a death penalty sentence and what does not. Does murdering 1 person deserve a death sentence or life in prison or just 20 years? Falling into a confusion of what type of crime deserve the harshest of penalties is a very easy one.
I think their is also a moral implication of how does whatever governing body have the right to decide to take someones life? Especially when sometimes they do not take another person who might have committed the same exact crime as the first.
I think the other problem with the death penalty is that despite all the science that is used in crime investigations in modern times there is still the chance of an incorrect conviction and with the death penalty as an option it could prove to be a disastrous if not discovered before the execution is followed through with.
Overall there are just too many problems with the implementation and enforcement of the death penalty that I can't be in favor of it.
-Trevor Kuss
