Why Is Capital Punishment Wrong

Capital punishment is a hot topic because there are many opinions concerning weather it is morally right or wrong. Some people believe people should be forgiven. People also believe that life should be considered very sacred,and it should be saved at all costs no matter what. On the other hand some people that people are receiving the proper punishment through the death penalty, and it also provides closer to the families of the deceased one.
Some people think that capital punishment is wrong because the government should not have the right to end someone’s life. By letting the government do this it is basically committing the same crime of the criminal. In this case the saying, “two wrongs don’t make a right” applies to many people who are …show more content…
When a person commits a severe crime, they should still serve life in prison, but not be sentenced to death. The person also responsible for the crime could also feel sorry for what he did. He could regret everything he did. Every human being makes mistakes, and the mistake he made happened to be a mistake that he can’t take back. Sometimes it is hard for the people affected by the criminal’s crime, but seeking revenge through the death penalty is the wrong thing to do. There have been many families that carry around the anger from what happened to their loved one, but once the person forgives the criminal they feel a sense of relief. They feel better about what happened. …show more content…
“An eye for an eye”, many people would say, that agree with capital punishment. We are showing sympathy if we don’t give proper justice for criminals. (Messerli) The criminal needs to go through the same experience that his victim went through. It also serves as a deterrent for other criminals.There has been some studies that have proved a criminal thinks twice before committing a crime, when the death penalty is present in a state. There was a study done that said with every execution seven lives were saved. This is because the execution deterred seven other people from committing a crime. (Death

Show More