The Death Penalty Thirty eight states in the United States enforce the death penalty. Some people are in favor of the death penalty, but that may be because they have not been directly involved with it. Sometimes people can change their views about an issue when that issue all of a sudden becomes a part of their lives. Death is not something to be played with. Someone's life should not be put in the hands …showed first 75 words of 1249 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1249 total…have always gone hand in hand. When our lawmakers realize this, they will stop legislating more punishments and go after the causes," (Wolfe 77). In helping America's problems, such as poverty, the government may be saving millions of lives instead of ending them. Bibliography Works Cited Bedau, Hugo, and Chester Pierce. Capital Punishment in the United States. New York: AMS Press, 1976. Meader, Roy. Capital Revenge. Philedelphia: Dorrance, 1975. Wolfe, Burton. Pileup on Deathrow. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1973.