Prof. Ed Stever
ENG 101
March 24, 2015
Argumentative Essay
Capital Punishment
The majority of Americans support capital punishment, and there are some who don’t. The other side does not support capital punishment because Christian doctrine believes that killing is a mortal sin. There are some government officials who do support the death penalty and are there some who do not support the death penalty. Therefore, capital punishment should be utilized in all 50 states.
In the Fifth Amendment there is no mention of capital punishment, but rather it states that no person shall be deprived of life without due process. “This mean that before an execution certain legal procedures-such as formal arrest, and a trial-must be followed” (“Capital Punishment”1). In the early 1900s most of the states had adopted a new type of capital punishment that gave juries the right to convict a person to life in prison, or to the death penalty.
Why do some people support capital punishment? According to Gallup’s most recent poll in 2006, one out of every two Americans support capital punishment (“Death Penalty Deters Crime”2). The reason why people support capital punishment is if someone can go out and kill another person then you could get killed as well, because nobody has right to go around killing others. Another reason people support the death penalty is because they believe it can save lives, so then a murderer can’t kill anymore. According to Pew Research Center states that roughly 53% say that capital punishment fits the crime or a murderer deserve sit. "A smaller share raises concerns about the costs of keeping murderers in prison for life (15%)” (“Continued Majority” 2). Another reason why American people do support death penalty believe that people have a medical illness should be put to death. The reason why people feel medical illness should be exempt from capital punishment. Another reason medical illness people should put to death