Death Penalty The death penalty is needed in the country, do to the high crime rate and violence. It helps as a deterred, stopping people from committing crime, such as murder. With the death penalty it also brings closure to the victims family, because they are reassured that the person that committed the crime is going to pay for what they have done. The death penalty can also help save the taxpayers money if the …showed first 75 words of 1558 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1558 total…forced to concentrate only on the crime committed as it should be. The death penalty has no special power to reduce crime or political violence. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments. It has often been used disproportionately against the poor, against minorities, and against member of racial, ethnic and religious communities. As long as human justice remains scapegoating the risk of executing the innocent can never be eliminated.