Nowadays, there are countries where citizens are arguing about death penalty. In some places, such as Spain, France and Australia, this penalty is illegal. However, there are others, for example the United States of America, Egypt or China, where it is a reality that many criminals suffer. Contrary to the opinion of the majority of the people, I believe that death penalty is a crime in itself.
This punishment is said to be necessary or fair due to many reasons. It is agued that, since the inmate has killed somebody, the right thing to do is kill them too. Furthermore, rapers, kidnappers and murderers may attempt to repeat their crime, so the only way to ensure the safety of those who surround us is to get rid of the problem, in other words, to kill the criminals.
As I see it, we are going back to the Hammurabi Code, which encourages us to "take an eye for an eye". When we put into practice death penalty, we are playing to be God. Who are we to take someone's life? We punish those who kill, and nevertheless, we become killers in the process. Life imprisonment is enough punishment for them, in this way, they are not able to commit a crime again and we avoid taking their lives.
In short, when somebody is murdered as a punishment, we are deciding that person has no right to live, because of that one action. We have other options to punish criminals that are not lethal, so we should use them, instead of letting death penalty be legal.
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