Agreeing with the Death Penalty
People see the Death Penalty as a justified way to punish criminals for what they have done, especially the victims family. For them it is the justice that they need to help them during their grieving stages. Although the victim and the victim's family cannot be restored to the status which preceded the murder, at least an execution brings closure to the murderer's crime. Therefore ensuring the same criminal won't harm anyone else.
Robert Macy, District Attorney of Oklahoma City, described his concept of the need for retribution in one case: "In 1991, a young mother was rendered helpless and made to watch as her baby was executed. The mother was then mutilated and killed. The killer should not lie in some prison with three meals a day, clean sheets, cable TV, family visits and endless appeals. For justice to prevail, some killers just need to die." Some people believe that the death penalty acts as a deterent to other crimes, eventually stopping it all together. Criminals know undoubtedly that they will be put to death should they murder with premeditation, very many of them are much less inclined to commit murder. Whether or not criminals are wary of committing the worst crime is an important—and probably impossible—question to answer. |