Abolition of the Death PenaltyWhen a person is found guilty in this country, he or she may serve time in prison or be placed on death row. On death row, the person awaits their own death as punishment for the crime they committed. The United States remains in the minority of nations in the world that still use death as a punishment for some crimes. Many see the fine as barbaric and contrary to American values. Others see it as a very important tool in the fight against premeditated violent murder. The death penalty should be abolished due to its financial costs to taxpayers, its barbarity and its ineffectiveness. The average American thinks it is easier and cheaper to kill a convicted felon than to pay millions of dollars in taxes to keep him in prison. prison for life. However, they are very wrong. One reason why the death penalty should be abolished is the high cost it entails. In reality, the death penalty is two to five times more expensive than keeping a convict in prison for life. This high price has to do with the endless appeals and additional required procedures that drag on the process. Since an inmate's life is at stake, the chance of making the mistake of killing the wrong person must be very slim to none. Therefore, more than one trial or appeal is made to make sure that this is the exact person who will be punished for the crime with death. Sometimes, the person found guilty remains on death row 15-20 years before being officially put to death. Not only do taxpayers pay to keep the convicted person in prison, they also pay for judges, lawyers, court reporters, clerks, and court facilities. Do we Americans really have that many resources to waste? Whether it's... paper individuals... Even if the justice system is to blame, the ultimate risk is the mistake of killing the wrong person. The high cost to taxpayers, the barbaric method, and the ineffectiveness of the death penalty are reasons why the death penalty should be abolished in the United States. To create a society where there is true equality and justice means that we must abandon the barbaric methods we use in our society. Capital punishment is one of those outdated methods of punishing people convicted of a crime. Why use a justice system, whose purpose is to give the best and fairest punishment to those found guilty, when there is the possibility of being punished in the most unjust and unjust way? Simply seeking revenge for the murder of a loved one is not enough to waste millions of dollars, give a hypocritical image to the world and gain superficial satisfaction..