Argumentative Essay On Pro Death Penalty

The death penalty is an extremely controversial topic in America, and people usually shy away from it, but speaking about controversial topics can help us come close to actually find solutions. This exercise was conducted in my survey of law class in which, we had gone over several homicide cases in which the criminal received the death penalty. In the end of the lesson, our teacher asked a simple question “raise your hand if you believe in the death penalty”. I was appalled to see that more than half believed it was worth it. In my mind it was clear that even though that person could have murdered another human being, we have no jurisdiction to kill them, and we would be no better as civilized being if we killed him.
My teacher then question why each of us choose their position, and many hands shot up in the air eager to answer. A student who believed in pro-death said that eradicating the criminal would teach society a lesson in not committing the crime, but this could not be farther from the truth in my opinion. Most people who are murders are often suffer mental disorders like Ted Bundy who suffered an extreme case of
antisocial disorder, which changes their brain chemistry. These murders did not do it simply because they desired to but because they had mental disorders that manipulated their mind into justifying something wrong into right. And trying to teach society a lesson would simply not work since mental disorders are a matter of genetics and often poor stressful childhoods which we have little control over.
Practically speaking, it is 2.3 million dollars on average for a death penalty case while keeping a criminal in prison for life costs 750,000 dollars. More money could be saved for a better cause. We could save it to improve education, to give the generation of tomorrow a stronger fighting chance to have less crime and grow up to be strong hardworking intelligent citizens. We could even provide more safety programs for children, so that any abused child who could have the potential to be a serial killer would be brought into a better path where their minds could rest easy.
Resting easy was also the exact desire every family who had been affected by these homicidal crime.
I initially found it almost absurd that people who support the death penalty, but I soon realized that the grieving families who lost their loved one would feel more comfortable knowing that the punishment had been paid. It And that for them, they can rest easier and continue on with their lives. And that with the process of the death penalty, the criminal would have an impossible chance to escape the prison and commit more crimes.Many of the students that favored pro death were affected by a criminal hurting one of their loved ones. And as soon as I realized this, it made perfect sense that they wanted the death penalty out of defense for themselves and their community, because they did not desire anyone to endure their
suffering.
Though I felt strongly before, this experience showed me that I needed to be open minded and listen to both sides because there could be more to case than I could think. And though I stayed firm to my opinion I am not dismayed by people who were pro death penalty because they had their valid reason and I had mine. I realized the reason why the death penalty was such a controversial subject was because it had so much evidence to back up every claim. Each case is a unique, and the rules that apply to one cannot apply to another. This taught me that I must hold an open mind because there could be more to a story, issue or event than is seen. There can be not only two sides to a story but multiple dimensions to it. Though I still believe that the Death penalty is unjust, I have learned to keep an open mind because there can be more to an event that is seen by the naked eye and that each issue must be inspected under a microscope as each one is unique to itself. And I respect their opinion as diversity of opinion keeps us asking and questioning each other, as it helps to keep us thirsty to find solutions to better the world we live in.