Pro Death Penalty

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Pro Death Penalty

When someone takes a life, the balance of justice is thrown off. Unless the balance is restored, Society adapts to violence. Only taking the murderer’s life restores the balance and shows that murder is not tolerated and will be punished harshly.
A major argument against the death penalty is that race plays a big part in whom and who is not executed. But in fact, statistically more white people have been executed in this country than black people. For the most heinous crimes, the ones in which the death penalty is applied; offenders, whether black or white, deserve the worst punishment the law can give. As a result of the controversy about racism and the death penalty; the Supreme Court has rejected the use of statistical studies, which claim racial bias, as the only reason for overturning a death sentence.
Retribution is very important for a victim’s family to have. Although the victim’s family cannot be entirely restored to the way they were before the murder, at least an execution will bring closure to the murderer’s crime. It also ensures that there will be no more victims at the hand of that murderer.
Robert Macy, District Attorney of Oklahoma City, described the need for retribution in one example: “In 1991, a young mother was rendered helpless

and made to watch as her baby was executed. The mother was then mutilated and killed.” A person who could do something so malicious should not be lying in some prison, with three meals a day, clean sheets, cable T.V., and endless appeals.” For justice to prevail, some killers just need to die....