Capital PUnishment

Claim

• The cost of an execution is overwhelming
• It leaves room for a innocent person to be excuted
• To kill someone for killing someone is a contradiction in itself 
• It's inhumane and barbaic
• It does deteriorate or lower crime rates  

CounterClaim

• Eye for an eye
• Not a a deterrent but neither is life behind bars
• Modern crime science can now lower the chance of uncertainty
• Gives closure to victims famlies

Preferred Punishment for Murder

Rebuttal

• Closure shouldn't be recieved through another persons death
• When people are committing crime the consequences do not cross their mind
• Even with modern technology there's still room for major error
• There has been reports of botched excutions 
• The drugs they use are extremely hard to find and expensive

WorkCited

• Kay, Jonathan. "The Ashes of the Dead." National Post. 01 Feb. 2014: A.18. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 19 May. 2014.
• Dobbs, Greg. "State Inmates Convicted of Murder Deserve Their Fates." Denver Post. 17 Mar. 2013: D.4. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 19 May. 2014.
• "End Capital Punishment." Buffalo News. 01 Feb. 2014: A.6. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 19 May. 2014.
• Yost, Pete. "Report Urges End to Drug Mixtures in Executions." Examiner-Enterprise. 07 May. 2014: n.p. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 20 May. 2014.Add a