Capital Punishment

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Capital Punishment


Should Capital Punishment stay in effect in this country?
Capital punishment is the best way to set an example for would be criminals so they will see the

punishment if they commit a capital crime. Capital punishment is also a way to cut down on the jail

population, which is currently over populated by 16% and is rising, which means that jails are be coming

overpopulated and can not hold any more prisoners. If capital punishment were used more, there would be

fewer inmates on death role. Every time an inmate was executed it would show what happens to people that

break the law. If capital punishment were made illegal in all states, criminals would run wild because they

would know that they would not receive any type of capital punishment. In the case that capital punishment

was to become illegal, the cost of keeping violent criminals in jail would sky rocket and the over crowding of

jails would happen even faster. Right now capital punishment is just starting to be used more and slowly the

crowding of death role is starting to d!
ecline and no longer are criminals being taken off death role and given life sentences. Also right now new

laws are being put into effect that will allow capital punishment to be used more, so that violent criminals can

be punished quickly and more effectively.
There are groups that do not support capital punishment and would do anything to stop it.

Mostly these groups are made of religious people that do not believe in the death penalty and also people

that are on death role and do not want to receive capital punishment. Even though these groups represent

only a small portion of the population of the United States they are trying to get capital punishment abolished

and slowly they are gaining more support, which in the future could stop the use of capital punishment, which

would be a total disaster.
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