The issue of death penalty is one which has been long debated in the
United States. Various anti-death penalty arguments have been brought
forward proclaiming death penalty as wrong and brutal.
The anti death-penalty movement claims that there is a very high risk
of execution of the innocent. They apparently seem to ignore that in the
process of saving very few exceptions, they are propagating to let all
murderers get away with their crime. Moreover, the opponents of death
penalty also claim that if the end result of murder and execution both is
the death of an individual, then both are equally wrong and brutal. What
they, in other words, are saying that murder and execution are one and the
same thing since the end result of both is the same. Seemingly pathetic
argument since no one can say that a man making love to a woman is equal to
a man having sex with a woman against her wishes. Is it possible to equate
Death penalty is something which is required for the safety of the
nation. By executing murderers, what one is doing is ensuring that these
people are incapable of murdering again and taking more innocent lives. So
in effect, death penalty is saving the lives of those who might be at risk.
Moreover, the death penalty also acts as a fear factor for potential
murderers who do not murder because of their fear of execution. Once again,
this results in saving the lives of those who could have been potential
"If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we
have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and
doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the
killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the
former. This, to me, is not a tough call." John McAdams - Marquette
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