Mohammed Alghofaili

3rd Project: Death Plenty

(I) Introduction
- It's hard to imagine what goes through a person mind when the jury gives a verdict, and the
sentence is the death penalty. The death penalty has always been a contentious issue in the across
the world.
-The death penalty is a capital punishment where people found guilty of certain crimes like
murder are at times put to death by the government. This is done through lethal injection. The
tradition means was hanging or firing squad.
-Those in support of the death sentence state that the death penalty helps eliminate criminals
completely from the society and the fear of death deter people from committing capital offenses.
However, I believe the death penalty is morally wrong and very expensive.
- The death sentence is morally wrong and expensive.
(II) Opposition Perspective
-The death penalty is considered the ultimate punishment that serves to instill fear in criminals
and deter them from committing capital offenses like murder. The death penalty also serves to
eliminate the most dangerous criminals from the society (Hayworth).
-The death penalty is has been practiced across many regions of the world for thousands of years
(Uncc.worldcat.org). The death penalty is used to punish criminals who have committed capital
offenses by inflicting the biggest punishment possible. The supporters of the death penalty
believe it is the only way to make criminals truly pay for their crimes.
-Some crimes are so inhuman that the only sufficient punishment is putting them to death
(III) Writers Perspective

-The death sentence is morally wrong and also expensive for the state. The death sentence means
that we find a legal way to take human life the same way the offender has. There is a risk of
executing an innocent person considering the inefficiencies in the criminal justice system of
many countries where the rich can afford legal counsel while the innocent poor may face death
penalty without proper legal representative (Sengupta).
-The death penalty is also expensive, at a time more expensive than live imprisonment. This is
because there is special housing for people in the death penalty and it takes a long time for the
sentence to be carried out.
-The abolition of the death penalty should be practiced by all democratic nations that respect the
human rights.
-The argument that death sentence reduces crime by deterring people and removing criminals
from the society is wrong. The crimes rate have not reduced across the nations enforcing the
death penalty, they are still high despite the death sentence (Sengupta).
(IV) The Two Perspectives
-The two perspectives agree that there is a need to punish the capital offenders the disagreement
lies in the method of punishment used.
-For maximum punishment, the capital offenders should serve life imprisonment rather that the
death penalty.
-This is a common ground because it guarantees maximum punishment without taking human
life. For this to occur, the death penalty should be declared unconstitutional making the life
sentence the highest form of punishment for capital offenses.
-This will be implemented through international lobbying to persuade countries to agree to stop
the death sentence and put the life imprisonment as the maximum punishment instead.

(V) Alternatives for the death penalty

There are no other alternatives for the death penalty except the life sentence.
(VI) Conclusion
The death penalty is morally wrong and very expensive; it should be abolished across the world.
This may take a lot of convincing for the supporters of the death penalty. More research needs to
be carried out to ascertain the efficiency of the death penalty on reducing crime. If it is found that
the death penalty is outdated and inefficiency it should be abolished.

Work Cited
Hayworth,, Michael. "5 Reasons Some People Think The World Needs The Death
Penalty". Amnesty Australia. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 May 2016.
Sengupta, Somini. "Death Sentences Surge, Even As More Countries Drop Capital
Punishment".Nytimes.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 May 2016.
Uncc.worldcat.org,. "Law, Society, And Capital Punishment In Asia (Article, 2008) [UNC
Charlotte Libraries]". Uncc.worldcat.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 May 2016.