Tuesday, April 28, 2009

My Counterargument


Although I believe that the death penalty should be abolished in all states, there are many individuals who feel that the death penalty should not be abolished and in the states that do not already use it, they should begin to use it regularly. The opposing side claims that they understand that innocent victims are being wrongly put to death but they claim that criminals that are truly committing these horrible crimes such as murder or rape, are now getting to walk around along with the innocent putting our families at risk. The criminals have to opportunity to do their time in a prison but still have a possibilty of parole, and why would we want true criminals to be able to roam the streets when they are most likely out on good behavior. Criminals learn how to work the system and will talk with other criminals to see just what they need to do to get their parole approved when the time comes. All they learned is how to manipulate people and will be back on the streets again soon to commit the same or worse crimes that they had committed to get them years in prison. By allowing all states to incorporate the death penalty we are getting rid of the possibility of criminals striking twice and having the opportunity to hurt more individuals and their families.

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