The Penalty Of Death Mencken Essay
The death penalty is a serious topic for many people since it talks about taking away the life of a human being. In this case it's not any human whose life is taken away, but a human that committed a huge crime and is a danger to society for committing that crime in the first place.
Which it leads to this question that many people ask,'' Is it necessary to kill that person?'' People that are against the death penalty argue that it's wrong to take away the right to live from any human being, but is that person consider a human after committing such horrible crime that the only punishment is death? There are many articles and essay that talk about this subject, but H.L. Mencken's essay, '' The Penalty of Death, '' caught my eye and made me agree with him because the death penalty gives a sense of revenge to the families of the victims and it gives back a sense of peace to the community.
In the essay called '' The Penalty of Death,'' the author H.L. Mencken, is favors the death penalty. People that are against of the death penalty say that the person that has to do the executing or has to witness it feels disgusted. Another thing they say is that it's useless because it doesn’t stop the criminals from breaking the laws. Mencken attempts to …show more content…
The death proves that there was justice made by actually killing the prisoner and not just give him a few years and then let him go. The family members don’t want the criminal to be free they want him to suffer. This leads to the next point and that is that the death penalty gives the family ''katharsis'' (464Mencken)/revenge. This means that they won't rest until the criminal pays for what he did. ''What they want is the peace of mind...''(465Mencken) By the criminal being executed gives them some satisfaction and peace of mind. It's like they say, ''An eye for an
Which it leads to this question that many people ask,'' Is it necessary to kill that person?'' People that are against the death penalty argue that it's wrong to take away the right to live from any human being, but is that person consider a human after committing such horrible crime that the only punishment is death? There are many articles and essay that talk about this subject, but H.L. Mencken's essay, '' The Penalty of Death, '' caught my eye and made me agree with him because the death penalty gives a sense of revenge to the families of the victims and it gives back a sense of peace to the community.
In the essay called '' The Penalty of Death,'' the author H.L. Mencken, is favors the death penalty. People that are against of the death penalty say that the person that has to do the executing or has to witness it feels disgusted. Another thing they say is that it's useless because it doesn’t stop the criminals from breaking the laws. Mencken attempts to …show more content…
The death proves that there was justice made by actually killing the prisoner and not just give him a few years and then let him go. The family members don’t want the criminal to be free they want him to suffer. This leads to the next point and that is that the death penalty gives the family ''katharsis'' (464Mencken)/revenge. This means that they won't rest until the criminal pays for what he did. ''What they want is the peace of mind...''(465Mencken) By the criminal being executed gives them some satisfaction and peace of mind. It's like they say, ''An eye for an