re put in a position to decide if this person should spend the next
twenty-five years in prison or should he be sentenced to death. Would you like
to be put into this situation? I know I sure wouldn’t.
Another issue is what if a person has been convicted and sentenced to
death, and two minutes after the execution, new evidence comes out of nowhere
that proves he is innocent of all charges. How do you pay back this poor
person’s family? A long liable suit would follow, but I’m sure all the money in
the world would not bring back their family member. What are the police officers
going to do? They thought that they had the right person for the crime and now,
with new evidence, they were proven wrong. The death penalty is so final, and
it cannot bring a life back, no matter what the circumstances are.
In conclusion, I feel that the death penalty should remain abolished
in Canada and should also be abolished in the United States as well. The death
penalty is a barbaric and inhumane form of punishment. Capital punishment has a
very costly and lengthy appeals process attached to it, and is not very
economically smart. Also carrying out the killing of someone leaves extremely
deep emotional scars that do not go away overnight. People who witness the
killing are probably scarred for life, plagued with nightmares and they will
never forget the face on the accused as he was receiving his punishment. By
taking someone’s life, you too have become a “killer”; no matter what the
circumstances. I simply believe it is not right.