o release thousands of prisoners every year back on to the streets due to a lack of room and funds. By allowing so many felons to live on death row, instead of carrying out their punishments, the tax payers are aiding in the care and well-being of hundreds of convicted murders (Nine 3). The death penalty is a controversial issue all over America. In Florida, for example, the right to die by electrocution was debated after an inmates head caught fire, due to a conducting sponge on the chair's headpiece. The fight to have the chair abolished was debated, but later over ruled (Carelli 4). The debate over what is cuel and unusual is and always will be a controversial issue, but there are several factors to consider when making decision on whether capital punishment is right or wrong. One is the deterrence of crime by punishing convicted murders with death. If felons are faced with death as a punishment of their crimes, they may be deterred from committing them. Keeping repeat offenders off the streets is another issue that could help society. By enforcing capital punishment the homicidal felons could be unable to carry out crimes again. The last issue to recognize is the cost of housing criminals. While convicted criminals are imprisoned they are able to eat and live off the money of taxpayers state wide, rather than carrying out a sentence of capital punishment and alleviating the taxpayers from their burden. This is just yet another factor in the debate over capital punishment. In the end capital punishment continues to be a heated issue of controversy and debate that could continue in years to come....
