Summary & Response: Edward Koch, "Death & Justice"
Summary & Response #3: Edward Koch, "Death and Justice" I agree with Edward Koch 's essay, "Death and Justice", it is very effective at proving how the death penalty ensures to protect the lives of innocent people and justifying the actions made by murderers. In Koch 's essay, he describes how the American population does not support capital punishment. There are many people who do not believe that the death penalty is a consequence beneficial for the justice of murders. Many believe that capital punishment makes a human 's life seem cheaper than it is. While others say that the methods of the death penalty are barbaric. And there are some that argue the United States is the only democracy that uses the death penalty as a consequence for murder. There are a few murderers that are prime examples for why the death penalty should be the only result for murder. Edward Koch 's essay was a very good argument on the death penalty. I also disagree with the fourth belief in the essay. Capital punishment will never cheapen a human being 's life. If anything, it will make the value of one 's life to be much more than what is used to be. If a person is going to take another 's life, then why should his or her life be worth anything more than the disrespect that they treated the victim 's life with? The murderer 's life should not be respected, and the murderer should not have the privilege to live here or any other place on earth 's surface. In Koch 's essay, Rosa Velez 's life was taken by Luis Vera. Vera knew he would not be sentenced to the death penalty, so he was not intimidated by the consequences set forth by the law. Does the death penalty cheapen the value of life? No, it will strengthen the value, so much as to possibly cut the rate of murders in this country. Another quote used by Koch in his essay is, "The death penalty is barbaric." The fifth and sixth paragraphs are great in arguing the opposite of this belief. More importantly, Koch states, "â¦it 's not