My Position

In today's society there are many different views on whether or not states should still incorporate the death penalty into their criminal justice system. I strongly believe that the death penalty should be abolished in all of the states that still use it in their criminal justice system. There are many different scenarios for criminal cases and how is the state teaching the criminals anything by committing one of most severe crimes of all...murder! Statistics have proven that each year innocent victims are charged with a crime they did not commit and put to death. It is unreal to me that the criminal justice system could be so unaware of these wrong acts that are being committed and even when the innocent have been proven innocent still proceed with killing another human being for a selfless act of crime. Life in prison would suffice and also by allowing the criminals, murders, rapists, etc. to spend their lives in prison we are giving them a chance to learn from their mistakes and hopefully do right in this world. One selfless act may have a huge impact on a family but that individual is only human and deserves the right to try and make amends and change his/her ways before they are put to death. I realize a serious crime has been committed and so does the criminal but by putting them to death we are causing that individual and their families just as much grief as the victims family had to endure. Murder is murder no matter who commits it or how it is done.