Argumentative Essay 2 - Second Draft

THE DEATH PENALTY

OKAN ŞAHİN

08. 05. 2014

Death penalty means ending guilty people life because of their crimes or bad actions. The death penalty was being used until the 20th century. However, today, it is unfortunately no longer used. In recent years, the law of death penalty has been argued to be passed again. While some people think that the death penalty shouldn’t be passed again, I believe that the death penalty is necessary for the society because it provides justice, it deters people from committing crime, and feeding guilty people cost a lot of money.

First of all, the state should pass the law of death penalty because it provides justice. Some people may say that the permanent prison punishment is enough for the people who committed unacceptable crimes. However, is it enough to put someone who killed 15 innocent children into the prison? Sometimes, the death penalty is the only way to provide the justice. If the government want to provide the justice in a complete way, they should apply the law of death penalty.

Second, the state should pass the law of death penalty because it deters people from committing crimes. It is a well-known fact that the countries that have applied the death penalty to their justice system have lower rate of crimes. For example, Iran, which is a country located on Asia, has been using the death penalty for years and thanks to this, Iran suffers less from crimes than Turkey. People in prison damage others, but still enjoy life, and it is not fair. When people know that the result of crimes is the death penalty, they will try to be more careful about not committing crimes.

Finally, the government should pass the law of death penalty again because taxpayers do not want to feed people in prison who committed crimes. Criminals who have been imprisoned for life will generally live in prison more than 30 years. Every year, the state wastes lots of money for them and they have the opportunity to live without working, which is not fair. As a taxpayer, I do not want to pay a criminal to live with my money. Taxpayers pay their taxes to the state because they want to live in a better country, but when those taxes are used for criminals who damaged taxpayers' peace, it makes us question the reason why we pay our taxes.

In sum, the law of death penalty should be passed again because it provides a better justice system, it deters people from committing crimes, and it prevents taxpayers from paying their taxes for criminals. Prisons are full with the people who committed crimes and they live in a wealthy life. They wake up whenever they want, they eat what is cooked for them, and they drink their tea, and so on. An innocent citizen cannot event live in that kind of world. Therefore, the state should pass the law of death penalty.