111k views
9 votes
Argue for or against the death penalty. Do you think the threat of the death

penalty is successful or unsuccessful in discouraging people from committing
murder? Why or why not? Do you think the death penalty is an acceptable
punishment or that it is unconstitutional?

User PMende
by
4.1k points

2 Answers

8 votes

Answer:

In my opinion the death penalty may be successful in discouraging people

Step-by-step explanation:

from committing crimes such as murder, it is unconstitutional and unethical. People who murder other people should have to live with that for the rest of their lives in solitary confinement in some prison somewhere. They don’t deserve to be put out of their misery.

User Neenu Chandran
by
3.7k points
6 votes

Answer:

In my opinion the death penalty may be successful in discouraging people from committing crimes such as murder, it is unconstitutional and unethical. People who murder other people should have to live with that for the rest of their lives in solitary confinement in some prison somewhere. They don’t deserve to be put out of their misery.

Step-by-step explanation:

User Martijn Van Halen
by
3.0k points