The Death Penalty An American Tradition Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, 802 people have been executed nationwide (DPIC). Among those executed have been minors, the mentally retarded, and the innocent. Capital punishment is fallible, irrevocable, expensive, and filled with racial and class bias. The death penalty violates our most basic human rights, and I strongly believe it should be abolished. Cruel and Unusual “An execution is not simply death. It is just as …showed first 75 words of 1449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1449 total…abolish the death penalty. The United States government has murdered these innocent people. In conclusion, the death penalty does not deter crime, is discriminatory, fallible, and cruel and unusual. The United States is the only Western democracy that uses the death penalty as a punishment (NCADP). I believe the death penalty should be abolished. It is uncivilized, cruel, and expensive. The United States Government needs to come to its senses and discontinue this barbaric practice.