The Death Penalty - This essay is against it.

The death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment granted by our government. Many questions should be asked before making such a decision on someone else's life. Some of these questions would include: What percent of innocent people have been put to death? Is the death penalty the only way to stop hideous crimes? Are methods of execution reliable as the government say they are? Does justice prevail through the death penalty? How much does …

…plain innocent, and finally, jail time is more of a punishment than the death penalty. References: Roybal, D.(2005). Execution Worse Than Cockfights, Newspaper, pg. 1, ProQuest Buiser, V.(2005). A guilty Man, vol. 30, issue 5, p34-39, 6p, EBSCOhost Suhr, J. (2004). The America's Intelligence wire, Mo. Case Center of Death Penalty Debate, p1, InforTrac Prejean, H. (1997). Walking through the fire, v33 n5 p14(6), InfoTrac Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC). (2005). News and Developments - Cost, www.deathpenaltyinfo.org, Internet