What Is The Death Penalty Fair

Amnesty International is stating that the death penalty does not affect the crime rate due to the fact that often times criminals are not thinking clearly since they are under the influence, have a mental illness, or have issues with their temper while they are committing a crime. Since many times criminals are under these influences they do not clearly understand the crime they are committing or the consequences they will have to face later on. Trying to prevent crimes with the harsh punishment of the death penalty is not fair especially since they are not clearly thinking when they commit the crime. Since the death penalty is not helping deter crimes, the state should abolish it and try to enforce another less harmful way to help prevent