The death penalty is a serious national issue that the United States has been dealing with for centuries. Some people are for the death penalty and some people are against the death penalty; it is a debate that, after all these years, should have been resolved. Most states in the United States use the death penalty; only fourteen states have eliminated the death penalty. The death penalty is a huge debate and a huge issue for the United States.
But fist, a brief history of the death penalty in America. The country has executed over fifteen thousand people from 1608 to 2002, base on the charts. Since 1976, Texas has been the number one state that has executed the most prisoners in the United States. Between 1608 and 1972, 14489 inmates were executed. Since 1972 only 1087 inmates have been executed. The year 1972 is a lot less because that was the year a new policy ruled the death penalty laws unconstitutionally.
The people who are against the death penalty think the death penalty should be stopped because there are some people who are innocent and getting executed. According to the website the death penalty information, 124 death row inmates have been eronerated since 1973.
The people who are for the death penalty think they should keep the death penalty because there are a lot of bad people out there that need to be stopped. The death penalty can be a necessary thing to do sometimes, because it can scare people into not breaking the law.
What Alex Keary believe should be done with the death penalty and Alex does think the death penalty should be done because there are some things that are necessary even if it does seem terrible it can be the right thing.
