Corey Jackson Argument

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The death penalty brings justice and a sense of security to everyone. There is an argument against the death penalty saying that once a person is in jail or prison, they can no longer cause harm to others, but that argument is just not true. In the case of Corey Jackson, “an inmate who was serving a 25-year-to-life sentence for a 1994 homicide. On May 9, 1996, he was convicted of executing three teens, on a drug dealer's orders, and was sentenced to three more life sentences.” (Pakati) Corey Jackson got a hold of a razor while waiting to go to a state prison, and he cut a handyman named Robert Manning in the face. “The attack on Manning left him with 60 stitches and a permanent scar. Manning was lucky to escape with his life.” (Pataki) It is