The death penalty has been a controversial issue for many years. Its opponents provide numerous arguments in support of its abolition. Fundamentally, they contend that capital punishment is a racist, immoral act that is nothing more than a legal murder (Sharp par 1-4). In my opinion their statements are either word games or powerful claims that are wrongly accepted as fact. In this paper I will critically evaluate the arguments presented by those that oppose …
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…in prison after they have intentionally ended lives of innocent people? Capital punishment is a horrible punishment for a horrible crime that should stay in use to punish and stop murderers in the United States. Works Cited Carmical, Casey. "Casy's Critical Thinking." The Death Penalty: Morally Defensible? 20 March 2002. http://www.carmical.net/articles/deathpenalty.html Sharp, Dudley. "Death Penalty Paper." Death Penalty and Sentencing Information In the Unites States. 01 October 1997. 20 March 2002. http://www.prodeathpenalty.com