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.