Today's presenters discussed the conservative and liberal views on the death penalty and whether or not it is cuel and unusual or if it is well deserved.
Conservatives believe that the death penalty is a punishment that fits the crime and that it is not cruel and it is not unusual and that executing a murderer is the appropriate punishment for taking an innocent life.
Liberals believe that we should abolish the death penalty. This penalty is inhumane and is cruel and that it does not deter a crime. Liberals believe that imprisonment is the appropriate punishment for a murderer. Every execution risks killing an innocent person.
I definately once again take the liberal side to this argument because I think that it is hypocritical of the government and our society to put an end to someones life if that is what they were being charged for in the beginning-the death penalty would be doing exactly what we are trying to stop. All in all, I think that it is morally wrong to participate in the death penalty because doing this, would just embrace what we are attempting to say is wrong and in the end, a person who is in jail for a lifetime could learn from their mistakes while putting an end to their life would never give them a second chance.
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"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when they're right. You believe less so you learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can come together"-Marilyn Monroe
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