Punishment 

            

            The punishment of criminals in this country is very controversial, specifically the death penalty. It has been debated for years, there have been cases for it and against it. There are terrible people in this world who probably don’t deserve to be here. But what if they do deserve to be here? What if we kill an innocent which has happened many times before? IS it worth it? Why do we even do it in the first place?

            This is a very dark subject and it’s hard for me to just talk about the lives of people as if I control them so I will try to be very careful in what I say and how I say it in this post. The death penalty has so much controversy in it. You see stories like this or this or this or many other examples. Mistakes happens, false testimonies or bad evidence, it’s terrible and the death penalty can result in the death of people who are completely innocent. The death penalty is permanent, there is no going back on previous mistakes.

            But also consider that some people want that permanent solution, I wouldn’t suggest it but is it torturing criminals by locking them up for the rest of their life? Should the get the option on whether they want to keep living? It depends on who you ask but I think if someone wants to leave after therapy and help, they should be able too. I feel like just giving someone the death penalty if they don’t want to die seems barbaric and not American. Even though there are some awful people in this world, I feel like they can always come back and live a life. They may be in prison their whole lives but living is a blessing and we shouldn’t be taking that away from people, no matter how bad they are. We might lose a bit of money holding these people up for decades but I feel like it is worth it to let people enjoy the gifts given to them at birth.