The death penalty is a highly controversial issue that has been a form of punishment for many years. Starting in the colonial era, the idea of the death penalty was adopted by our oppressor, England. Death penalty supporters and anti-death penalty abolitionists have been debating this issue since the introduction of capital punishment. Supporters of the death penalty foundation say it is a deterrent because it prevents future killings. The death penalty also serves as a punishment because in a just society, if someone takes their own life, then they should give up their life. Abolitionists opposed to the death penalty believe it is immoral, applied unjustly, and serves to sanction vengeance rather than punishment. Many people believe that the death penalty is immoral because it is not right to kill someone. According to Thurgood Marshall, capital punishment violates the Eighth Amendment because it is morally unacceptable to the people of the United States. In judging whether a given punishment is morally acceptable or not, most courts have held that punishment is valid unless it offends people's conscience and sense of justice. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, no one deserves to die. In a civilized society, we reject the principle of literally doing to criminals what they do to their victims. For example, the punishment for rape cannot be rape, or for arson, the burning of the arsonist's house. We should therefore not punish the murderer with death. Capital punishment is a barbaric remnant of an uncivilized society. The death penalty is unjust because it does not identify the worst of the worst. Instead of targeting the most serious criminals, the death penalty is applied to an arbitrary group. These factors... at the center of the card... are a deadly chain. Society must learn to respect life and understand that life is so precious no matter whose life it is. Any individual who wants the killer's life is equally bad. The death penalty should be reduced because it contains neither justice nor morality. All murderers should be put behind bars. What determines the level of seriousness of the homicide? A person who kills another human being does not have varying degrees of “okay.” That person committed a death and killing some murderers but not the others is not right. No murder is okay, they are all the same and under the law it is a crime. So every time the death penalty is applied, a crime is committed. In a just society, when an individual takes his own life, his life should be taken. This means that the person who the court decides to allow to take down the killer should also be put down?
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