The Death Penalty I once saw a bumper sticker that read, “Why do we kill people, who kill people, to show that killing is wrong?” Suddenly I thought about what I had read, and I finally came to the conclusion that I am against the death penalty as a solution to crime. Capital punishment is a sign of a deep sickness in our civilization. Execution is an act of violence, but you cannot use violence …showed first 75 words of 602 total…

…showed last 75 words of 602 total…execution that occur and remain undocumented. In conclusion, an innocent person can be freed, but neither release nor compensation is possible for a corpse. If a man is truly a murderer, the thought of execution will not stop him from committing murder. So if capital punishment is not lowering the murder rate, is more expensive, and being alive is more of a punishment than being dead, then why not abolish the death penalty all together?