Conclusion

    In conclusion, we would like to ask you: is the life of a cold blooded murderer - our worst human rights violators - or the life of an innocnet victim annd all future innocent victims more important?  10,000 people have been murdered since 1971 by people who have previously murdered and then wrongfully released by the US Justice System.  However, 0% of all those executed have violated the rights of society again.  Life Without Parole is not an adequeate punishment for murderers.  Without the threat of a more severe punishment - such as the death penalty - what is preventing these criminals from murdering again while in prison or escaping and wrecking havoc once again on an unsuspecting society?  There may not be any concrete statistics to prove that the threat of the death penalty prevents criminals from committing murder because obviously there is no act that ws committed.  However, statistics have shown that the homicide rates are lower in all states that uphold the death penalty today than they were when those same states did not have the death penalty.  Also, by some criminal's own admission, the only thing that prevented them from committing murder in addition to some other crime was the threat of capital punishment.  We will never be able to eradicate murder and violent crime from our communities.  Society is not perfect because the people within it are inherently flawed; however, it is the job and the moral duty of the government to uphold the fundamental rights of society as a whole and protect those who are innocent or helpless.  "We have tried to argue here that the death penalty is moral and just.  We must never forget that no one has to be executed; if no one murders, no one is executed.  Murderers are not innoncent people fighting for their lives; that statement describes their victims.  Let us work in America to get back the mentality that victim rights are more important then criminal rights"(Carmichal). Murderers gave up their basic human rights to life and liberty when they stole those same rights from another human being.  No single person has the right to steal those fundamental rights from another person, however the government is invested with the power and the moral obligation to protect the innocent and helpless members of society.
 

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