Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IX- ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
MANUKAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
MANUKAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE

DEATH PENALTY
an Argumentative Essay by Jelme T. Deliatan

Good morning everyone! Especially to you ma'am Solo! This morning I would like to
share to all of you my speech about the "Death Penalty".

Do you think that the death penalty is a better punishment than the life imprisonment?
Many western countries have abolished the death penalty and only have life imprisonment for
serious crimes. However, some people in this countries have calling for it to reinstate again.
The death penalty should be reinstated again because people feel that it is good punishment
agree with this statement and I would like to state my reasons.

Life imprisonment is a waste of money for the government. If a large number of

convicts were to be sentenced to life imprisonment, the government should have to spend
more money building prisons and buying food. It is not worth wasting money on this people
who had harmed society, it is much better to spend it on helping the poor and disabled
people.

Life imprisonment is not a good solution for criminals who had committed serious
crimes. It is a waste of time for convicts because they either spend decades in prison or will
be caged until the day they die. Even if they finish their sentences, it will be hard for them to
get a job and be accepted back into society. For example, some convicts chase to be executed
instead of being sentence to life imprisonment, stating that being in jail forever is good as
being dead. Some convicts have the mentality that prison is like a home to them, where all
they can do everyday is to eat and sleep. If they were to be released from prison, they would
go back to their old habits again. The death penalty is also a good deterrent because it gives a
serious warning to the public in order to prevent them from committing more crimes.

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