The death penalty has been a controversial issue for many years. Its opponents provide numerous arguments in support of its abolition. Fundamentally, they contend that capital punishment is a racist, immoral act that is nothing more than a legal murder (Sharp par 1-4). In my opinion their statements are either word games or powerful claims that are wrongly accepted as fact. In this paper I will critically evaluate the arguments presented by those that oppose …showed first 75 words of 1087 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1087 total…in prison after they have intentionally ended lives of innocent people? Capital punishment is a horrible punishment for a horrible crime that should stay in use to punish and stop murderers in the United States. Works Cited Carmical, Casey. "Casy's Critical Thinking." The Death Penalty: Morally Defensible? 20 March 2002. http://www.carmical.net/articles/deathpenalty.html Sharp, Dudley. "Death Penalty Paper." Death Penalty and Sentencing Information In the Unites States. 01 October 1997. 20 March 2002. http://www.prodeathpenalty.com