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Miberay Renteria

Judith McCann

English 1302.213

March 9, 2022

Death Penalty: Good or Bad?

The death penalty has been used since the eighteenth century B.C. Of all the fifty states

only twenty-four practice the death penalty, twenty-three of them don't have the death penalty,

and the last three states are governor-imposed moratorium. The death penalty can be seen as

good or bad. The authors agreed on 1,2,3 and they disagreed on 1,2,3.

1. Why the Death Penalty is Good

The death penalty can be seen as good because it is considered justice(Rancourt 2020).

When a criminal does something bad he deserves punishment and depending on what the

crime was is how she/he should get punished.

2. Why the Death Penalty is Bad

The death penalty is also bad in its own way because the parents or family of the inmate

that got the death penalty are sad and mad because they always think their children are innocent.

They will think it is unfair punishment.

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