I strongly feel that capital punishment is essential in our legal system, as
well as everyday life. Just as a toddler needs to be disciplined when he or she
has a tantrum, a murderer needs to be punished for his or her actions. The death
penalty solves many problems. It is a threat to any conspiring
criminal-murderer. It promises the inescapable condition. It frees up jail space
and cuts money spent on the inmate. The death penalty is also the closest thing
to justice for the family and friends of the victim. If nothing else, capital
punishment scares women and men of committing a serious crime that might put
them on death row. If an individual knew he or she would definitely be put on
death row, the individual might decide not to commit the crime. Although prison
is made out to be a scary place, it could never repulse someone more than frying
in the chair, dying of poison injection, or hanging. Why allow any vicious
murderer the chance to escape prison and harm another person? People put an
animal down once it has imperiled a human's life or safety. If humans are so
concerned with their well being they ought to be guaranteed the same sanctuary
from killers. Prisons, for the most part, are inescapable. But what if, the man
that hunted you down, kidnapped you, and killed your friend, was the one of the
few who successfully escaped from jail? One life was already taken; your life
should not have to be lived in fear. Serial killers such as the Hillside
Strangler prove that they need to kill and would do it again if given the
chance. They by no means deserve to get that chance, or even a chance to dream
about it. They have killed many and do not have a right to live. Killing the
monsters that have already killed others gives the legal system spare money to
spend on more important things. I find no logical reason why the government
should spend money to feed, cloth, house, and entertain the murderers, when they
could use the extra dollars to council, reprimand, and treat petty criminals to
prevent more severe crimes in the future. Capital punishment brings closure to a
victim's family and friends. No one can bring back a victim, but his or her life
can be put to rest if justice is done, and his or her killer is also killed. As
said in the video, an inmate can be visited by family, can receive phone calls,
and can think, sing, and write. The victim no longer has a breathe in life, a
song to sing, or poem to write, his or her family can only visit at the
cemetery. I believe that when a person commits murderer he or she is no longer
worthy of life.