To Kill a Killer
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TO KILL A KILLER
A few of my friends and I once saw a bumper sticker that questioned, "Why do
we kill people who kill people, to show that killing people is wrong?" Suddenly there
was a wild riot of arguments between us. Even though on that day I was out numbered
two to three, I was and today still am against the death penalty as a deterrent to crime.
The death penalty is not …
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…just like the working class has to. I'm not implying that offenders should be tortured, I'm only saying that prisons should only supply the bare necessities and nothing more. Even though our prisons need to toughen up, I give them credit for taking away a criminal's freedom. And if capital punishment is not lowering the murder rate, is more expensive, and being alive is harder than being dead, then the death penalty should be removed.
…just like the working class has to. I'm not implying that offenders should be tortured, I'm only saying that prisons should only supply the bare necessities and nothing more. Even though our prisons need to toughen up, I give them credit for taking away a criminal's freedom. And if capital punishment is not lowering the murder rate, is more expensive, and being alive is harder than being dead, then the death penalty should be removed.
