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Miberay Renteria
Judith McCann
English 1302. 213
12 April 2022
Ban the Death Penalty *Working on it*
More Americans support the death penalty than oppose it: 60 percent of U.S. adults
support the death penalty for murderers, with 27 percent strongly supporting it. According to a
new Pew Research Center poll, roughly four-in-ten people (39%) oppose the death penalty, with
15 percent strongly opposing it. Ever since the eighteenth century B.C., the death penalty has
been used. Only twenty-four of the fifty states use the death penalty; twenty-three do not, and the
remaining three are under a governor-imposed total ban (Williams 1). I am opposed to the death
penalty because it is inhumane, it unfairly targets certain groups, and it is essentially a tool for
control.
Capital punishment dates back to the earliest tribes, but in recent decades, more than 140
countries have abolished the death penalty. Despite the objections of many religious
organizations in the United States, the majority of Americans support the death penalty (Bones
1). The death penalty can be used for treason, espionage, and other crimes. Murderers make up
the vast majority of death penalty cases. Supporters of the death penalty argue that it is a
powerful tool for maintaining law and order, deters crime, and is less expensive than life
imprisonment. It is the most heinous and inhumane punishment imaginable. Discrimination in
the form of the death penalty is a form of discrimination. It is frequently used against members
of society such as the poor, ethnic and religious minorities, and people with mental illnesses.
When Taiwan began its majority-rule movement in 1988, it was widely expected in the
West that Taiwan would inevitably act to change its discipline administration by repealing the
passing punishment. After all, the passing punishment could be regarded as a genuine relic of
Kuomintang's long-ago progressive beginnings. The origins of capital discipline can be traced
back to territory jurisprudential roots as well as the previous Soviet Union, where so-called
anti-revolutionaries were thought to be best dealt with through state-sanctioned execution (Coa et
al. 1). In five Asian countries that use or are considering reinstituting the passing discipline for
drugs, 39 open-ended overviews were led.

Conclusion
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