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The document outlines arguments against the death penalty. It argues that the death penalty is problematic because innocent people have been wrongly executed and there is no way to remedy it if new evidence is later found. It also claims that execution methods are cruel and inhumane, and that the death penalty process is more expensive than life imprisonment.

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IDENTIFY REASONEXPLAIN REASONPROVIDE EVIDENCE e.g Many innocent people have been executed The major problem with the death penalty is that once such a sentence has been carried out there is no going back. If new evidence later comes to light, then the wrongly accused person has already been killed therefore there is no opportunity for them to be cleared of their crime in any meaningful sense. Every legal system in the civilized world accepts that it can make mistakes, which is why they have an appeal system. If this is the case, then why do they refuse certain people the right to be proven innocent at a later date?According to the American Civil Liberties Union, research has shown that 1 in 7 sentenced to execution in the US are later found to be innocent. Since 1973, 130 people have been released from death row having been wrongly convicted of murder (Amnesty International)quot; I cannot support a system which, in its administration, has proven so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life.. Governor George Ryan of IllinoisThe ways to execute people are all cruel and inhumane The ways include hanging, gas chamber, electrocution and firing squad Expensive The case of a death penalty is much more expensive than the case of a life imprisonment The death penalty cause 2 million us dollars and the life imprisonment cause 500,000 us dollars. Also the financial cost of putting people death, once you consider extra appeals, additional procedures etc, can often be more than most of putting a criminal in prison for life. Cruel way to die It is simply immoral and barbaric to allow people to be killed. <br />ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY<br />

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  • 1. IDENTIFY REASONEXPLAIN REASONPROVIDE EVIDENCE e.g Many innocent people have been executed The major problem with the death penalty is that once such a sentence has been carried out there is no going back. If new evidence later comes to light, then the wrongly accused person has already been killed therefore there is no opportunity for them to be cleared of their crime in any meaningful sense. Every legal system in the civilized world accepts that it can make mistakes, which is why they have an appeal system. If this is the case, then why do they refuse certain people the right to be proven innocent at a later date?According to the American Civil Liberties Union, research has shown that 1 in 7 sentenced to execution in the US are later found to be innocent. Since 1973, 130 people have been released from death row having been wrongly convicted of murder (Amnesty International)quot; I cannot support a system which, in its administration, has proven so fraught with error and has come so close to the ultimate nightmare, the state's taking of innocent life.. Governor George Ryan of IllinoisThe ways to execute people are all cruel and inhumane The ways include hanging, gas chamber, electrocution and firing squad Expensive The case of a death penalty is much more expensive than the case of a life imprisonment The death penalty cause 2 million us dollars and the life imprisonment cause 500,000 us dollars. Also the financial cost of putting people death, once you consider extra appeals, additional procedures etc, can often be more than most of putting a criminal in prison for life. Cruel way to die It is simply immoral and barbaric to allow people to be killed. <br />ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY<br />