I believe that the death penalty is an out dated form of punishment and should be abolished. It is costly and unjust and should be abolished.
The thing with the death penalty is we spend millions on this program to kill people and yet this penalty is very rarely imposed. Scott Burns the executive director of the National District Attorney's Association says "that people are being given another- perhaps less complicated- option: life without parole"(http://www.npr.org/2011/12/15/143736447/death-sentences-drop-to-historic-lows?ps=cprs). It's not just the cost thought that has me opposed to the death penalty it's the fact that people think that when we kill murders legal that it's justice. It is NOT just or right no matter how you look at it. If we put murder's to death are we not saying that we are not better than they are. The old saying "an eye for an eye," really means nothing more than lowering yourself to the others level to get revenge. The death penalty is an old world form of punishment that we need to get rid of to grow. In an article by Deborah White she states that "Most democratic countries in Europe and Latin America have abolished the death penalty... but the United states, most democracies in Asia and almost all totalitarian governments retain it" (http://usliberals.about.com/od/deathpenalty/i/DeathPenalty.htm). I don't see how we can justify making ourselves just like the men and women we are putting to death. Let them live in prison knowing that they will never see freedom again than give then the satisfaction of knowing that we are no better than them.
