The Death Penalty

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persons were under the death sentence in 36 states. The death penalty
should be moral because, " a life for a life." Is the death penalty immoral?
Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is a realistic alternative
for the small number of offenders who are likely to be executed in any given
year. Justice does not demand death but justice does demand that murderers be
punished. If punishment is justifiable as for restoring justice and the moral
order, it does not necessarily follow that capitol punishment is moral. " The
death penalty only allows us to extend the pain. It allows us to continue to
blame one another, to turn against one another, to learn to hate better" . Many
people think that by executing some criminals, we will deter others. The cost
to send a murderer to a death penalty is about 3 million dollars. The cost is
dramatically lower to keep a criminal in for life imprisonment without the
possibility for parole. The death penalty is just " cruel ...

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