Some states have abolished the use of death penalty, while in some states the death penalty is still in full swing. The death penalty has too many flaws and possibilities for mistake to continue as a form of punishment in the United States. Although to some people it may seem as if justice is being served when a prisoner on death row gets killed, but it is a sorry excuse for a vengeful action. Two wrongs do not make a right. The bottom line is it is more expensive to keep a prisoner on death row, the death penalty is unethical and leads to the death off innocent lives, and it has shown no significant decline in criminal activity. Based on the evidence provided in this paper, the death penalty needs to be abolished once and for all. All of the evidence has proved the point that capital punishment is not beneficial to society in terms of ethics, economics, or
Some states have abolished the use of death penalty, while in some states the death penalty is still in full swing. The death penalty has too many flaws and possibilities for mistake to continue as a form of punishment in the United States. Although to some people it may seem as if justice is being served when a prisoner on death row gets killed, but it is a sorry excuse for a vengeful action. Two wrongs do not make a right. The bottom line is it is more expensive to keep a prisoner on death row, the death penalty is unethical and leads to the death off innocent lives, and it has shown no significant decline in criminal activity. Based on the evidence provided in this paper, the death penalty needs to be abolished once and for all. All of the evidence has proved the point that capital punishment is not beneficial to society in terms of ethics, economics, or