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Judith McCann

English 1302.213

13 March 2022

Death Penalty: Injustice or Justice?

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 while

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

or bad. The authors agreed on the some of the peoples opinions, that the death penalty isnt really

dead,and how people make the decission of the penalty and they disagreed on how its not fair, its

view on religion, and the suport it has.

1. Why the Death Penalty is Good The death penalty can be seen as good because it is

considered justice (Rancourt pp.1). 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 way because the parents or

family of the person who got involved with the law got the death penalty the would be sad and

mad because they always think their children are innocent. They will think it is unfair

punishment.
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