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Why is the death penalty a good thing?

Write one paragraph on why the death penalty is good. In your own words NOT from sources. In your own words about 3-5 sentences long.
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I get the feeling that I'm doing your homework.
Regardless its a subject I feel strongly about so I'm going to answer your question.

The death penalty has a lot of good aspects. For one thing just by having that option available lowers the amount of violent crimes. Look at the crime rates in states that have the death penalty on the books vs the ones that don't. There is a very large difference. Typically the fear alone of being sentenced to death is enough to keep most people from committing heinous crimes.

This is a basic simple answer on the subject. There are however many more in depth answers I could give.
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  • aida by aida
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    There ARE some arguments in favor of the death penalty (but I don't buy them), but if someone spells them out for you, you won't be using your own words but those of a source. If you can't think of anything good to say about the death penalty, think of what others have said in its favor (prevents murderer from doing it again, cheaper than life imprisonment, closure for families of victims), and then cite those arguments and ANSWER them.
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  • smsmith500 by smsmith5...
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    The person convicted never does the crime again.
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  • Vader by Vader
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    There is nothing good about it. Not our job to kill people, no chance for redemption.
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