The death penalty. Should people be put to death by another human being legally? This is a very controversial issue/topic. It seems that in most studies and surveys, the results are very close. This is a topic that I think will never be resolved because it involves people getting killed. My viewpoint on this is in the middle. I feel that people should get the death penalty if they have created such of a horrendous crime. The thing about the death penalty though is that if the wrong person gets convicted of a crime and then gets the death penalty and gets executed then what? The judge convicted the wrong person and the wrong person got killed by the state. That is wrong but people have to be 100 percent before convicting a person and giving them the death penalty. As I was reading an article in the New York Times, I read that for every inmate put to death, 3 to 18 murders are prevented. When it comes to the death penalty, the issue is differerent for the Democrats and Republicans. But going more into it, the death penalty is different for every single, individual person in these two parties it does not matter what party they belong to, everyone will have a different opinion on the death penalty.
There are 32 states that allow the death penalty but it seems that the death penalty is not used too often which could be a good thing or a bad thing.
In the end though it just depends on the individual although to me it is a huge controversy.
Bibliography
Liptak, Adam. "Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate." The New York Times. The New York Times, 18 Nov. 2007. Web. 30 Apr 2013.
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