SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE USED TO PUNISH VIOLENT CRIMINALS?

     So the this time the question is, 'Should the death penalty be used to punish violent criminals?'. I think that criminal should not have death sentences. Many believe that giving life sentences are the only way to punish a person who has killed another person, but would not that just be the same thing? Would not killing a criminal also make us the same level as that criminal? The only difference between us is that they did it out of their own psychotic behaviours and that we are doing it out of our own selfish beliefs of doing a good deed. Either way, that would not change the fact that a person, even with crimes, is being killed with our own hands. Of course many will say they deserve it, but there are other ways to make them pay for their crimes that taking their life.

     If we really want to punish those who committed a crime, then I do not think that a death sentence would be the best way. I think that a death sentence is sometimes not a punishment, but more of a way to set a criminal free. The only people who are getting punished are those close to that person being executed. If we really want to punish them, then we should sentence them into life in prison. How will they know what they did wrong or be in agony for their crimes if they are dead? Death is not a punishment to criminals, it is a way for them to escape the world and from being truly punished for their crimes. So I do not think that the death penalty should be used to punish violent criminals, but instead, they should go through the same thing they did to their victims, and if they murdered their victims, then they should spend the rest of their lives in agony to atone for their crimes.