People today seem to have an idea that a select few shall be able to make decisions for large masses concerning the issue with capital punishment in our justice system.
Across the nation statistics are showing that people are waving their support for captial punishment insisting that life in prison ins't necessary anymore. These are also the same people who want to eliminate from our justice system completely, but there is a fundamental flaw in this assertion. Simply because the majority of a state doesn't want the death penalty doesn't mean another state that supports shouldn't be able to maintain this type of punishment. It is our rights as states and individuals to decide about whether or not this punishment is supported, and as long as the majority of people in one state does I believe that the death penalty shall exist protected through our rights that our forefathers and the constitution gave to us and our states. For those who argue that criminal punishment costs more than the death penalty consider that, "Using the 8 year average, the DP equivalent LWOP cases are still $1 million more expensive than their DP counterparts"(deathpenalty.org). Note that the costs of the death penalty are commonly less than life in prison over a longer span of time. So what does this mean for us? It means that it is time for Americans to stand up for what we believe in, even if that be capital punishment. It also means that we shall show the world that as long as the majority of the people in one great state support capital punishment we will not back down in our beliefs and will press on until silenced. No one shall represent us besides the people themselves. As such, the death penalty shall never die seeing how states such as Texas have such heavy support for it. The death penalty shall forever reserve a space in the United States justice system as long as it reserves space in the hearts of American citizens.
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