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The death penalty is more sensible than life in prison.
Crimes punishable by the death penalty are treason, aggravated kidnapping, placing a bomb by a bus terminal, perjury, hijacking a plane, sex crimes, espionage and capita drug trafficking. These offenses are not to be taken lightly and the offenders can be classified as national security threats; the nation must eradicate the threats and prevent reoccurrences. The protection of citizens is a responsibility of the government and that is why the death penalty is more sensible than a life in prison.
Heinous acts can be repeated by the subjects of the punishment life in prison. There is an existent risk that an inmate can murder other inmates and security guards, escape jail and inflict unlimited crimes upon society. James Moore raped and killed a 14 year old girl in 1962 and avoided the death penalty out of the mercy of the victim’s family. The family entrusted the state of New York to indefinitely incarcerate Moore, but due to change in policy, Moore has been eligible for parole every two years since 1982. The young girl’s parents fear that this predator is on the prowl for similar victims. My second example of poor justice is Clarence Ray Allen who was convicted of burglary and murder. While in prison, he conspired with fellow inmates to kill witnesses to his crimes to prevent their testimonies in court. Once paroled, Allen and his comrades murdered three people and injured two other individuals. Allen was apprehended while robbing a liquor store. Allen was in possession of a hit list at this time. If Clarence Ray Allen had been executed, three innocent people may still be alive today.
It is under our country’s social contract with its citizens to provide security, and harboring a national security threat, such as those who commit murder, treason, perjury and kidnapping. The imposing threat of repeat offenses destroys our country’s relationship with its citizens.
The death penalty incites fear in the public to not commit acts worthy of receiving capital punishment. Researcher Karl Spence of Texas A&M University conducted research on the correspondence of the number of executions and murders. Expectedly, there was a distinct relation that showed the amount of murders increased as the number of executions decreased. In 1964, there were 15 executions and 9,250 murders. In 1969, there were no executions and 14,590 murders, and in 1975, after six years without execution there were 20,510 murders. There is an obvious relationship supporting the deterrence of murder by death penalty. “From 1995 to 2000, executions averaged 71 per year, a 21000 percent increase over the 1966-1980 periods. The murder rate dropped from a high of 10.2(per 100,000) in 1980 to 5.7 in 1999—a 44 percent reduction. The murder rate is now at its lowest since1966. “This quote was from Dudley Sharp of the group “Justice for All.”
Throughout history the death penalty has been proven to deter crime in places such as India in the 1800s. A notorious band of hoodlums referred to as Thugees murdered about 2,000,000 wealthy travelers in a 350 year time period. The British executed the Thugees by hanging and this discouraged others from joining the group.
The United States of America has to create and maintain statutes to encourage a positive environment for its citizens. A figure meant to lead must command respect and control; by imposing the death penalty our country takes a stand to uphold consequences and in turn deter capital punishable cases.