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The Public's Argument Against The Death Penalty

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There has been more than 1452 executions in America alone. The total number of Death Row inmates as of July 1, 2016 is 2,905. (Dunham) So many criminals are sentenced to death for murder, kidnapping with bodily injury or ransom, aircraft hijacking and a few other reasons. When someone gets sentenced to death, they are placed in a maximum security prison and placed into the “Death Row” division. There is so much that people don’t know about the death penalty. Most Americans argued that the death penalty was unconstitutional and a type of cruel and unusual punishment. The death penalty has caused many problems for the government from different protests, rallies and other crimes being committed to stop it.
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In a survey people said that they would rather have someone serve life then die. People think it’s a cruel and unusual punishment and said that it was against the constitution. A lot of citizens that dislike the death penalty had protests against it. Most citizens strongly dislike the death penalty because of the fact that they think it's cruel to end someone's life.
There are still 19 states that currently don’t have the death penalty. (Dunham) Some states that don’t have the death penalty are Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, and Maine. 4 states have gubernatorial moratoria and the 4 states that have this are Colorado, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. (Dunham) And 27 states do currently have the death penalty. Some states that have the death penalty are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Ohio. (Dunham)
The lethal injection costs more than $1.5 million each execution. (Nicholas) To house a prisoner in a maximum security prison for life is $740,000 almost half the cost to execute one person. (Nicholas) the cost of lethal injection is so high because we are ending someone's life and doing so is not cheap at all. The drug combination and government problems is why it has to cost no

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