There are many crimes happen in the world every second, every hour and every day. The causes, effects and solutions to the problems of violent crimes is complicated and the rate of these crimes is the most prominent issue that people are most concerned. Similarity, the justice of some crimes always get much attention from victims and other citizens. In this essay, death penalty becomes a very controversial issue to discuss, many people support it and many people don't. Personally, I think death penalty is the most ferocious way of punishing a criminal. There are many methods of execution, like electrocution, gas chamber, hanging, firing squad and lethal injection. For me, I just watched once on TV, but it's enough to bring me nightmares. We only live once and we will lose anything we once had without life. Life is precious and can't just be taken away that easily. In my opinion, I think Canada shouldn't adopt the death penalty as its most severe form of criminal punishment. To support my stand, I have some reasons to explain.
In the first place, most of people think death penalty is the ultimate warning for criminals and let criminals know they will be putting to death if they commit crimes. However, does death penalty really works as well as we expected? What is the purpose of death penalty? During our whole lifetime, we grew from a little kid to a young adult, we all made stupid mistakes. In particular, if a kid grows up and murders a person just to get some money from the victim. He doesn't even realize he has made a huge mistake but he had to face death penalty. He not only lost his freedom but also have to wait for his death. After reading a lot of news, I understand there are many people commit crimes because of their aggressive disposition or ignorance, but it doesn't mean they can't be saved and have a chance to be a good person. If they are no longer alive, how can they learn something precious through their mistakes? Violent