Gray was suffocating and turning purple faced, and died while slamming his head off of a steal pole. The third and final case involved Joseph Tafero on May 4th, 1990. He was sentenced to death by electrocution. When the switch was turned flipped, 6in. flames and smoke spewed of Taferos head. The power was stopped and witnesses saw Tafero inhale deeply several times (http://mtsd.k12.we.us/mtsd/district/whacked.sites/anatomy.of.a.murder/furman.htm). It ended up that the switch had to be turned on and off two more times before Tafero was finally put to death. Killing a person is irreversible, and that person can never be brought back. Sometimes capital punishment has taken the lives of innocent people. For example, in Britain an innocent man was hung for the murder of three women. After he was hung, another man came forth and admitted to the murder of the women (Tabak 80). The man that was hung can never be brought back and died a disrespectable way. A 1993 congressional study revealed 48 cases in the past 20 years where a convicted person has been released from death row due to significant evidence of their innocence (http://www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/historic/query=[group+/pageitems=[body]). Therefore, we are taking the chance of killing innocent people by using the death penalty as a form of punishment. The death penalty doesnt work as a punishment due to the above information. The death penalty costs much more than simply imprisoning someone and isnt a deterrent against violent crime. The death penalty is immoral and contradicting because we are encouraging violence. The death penalty is not proper or the right way to help stop violent crimes from happening....
