nother human's life, be it good or for the bad. Therefore, the state or the government should not posses that right. Therefore it should be abolished. it is unfair , unjust and immoral punishment; risk of being killed an innocent is not ruled out. Capital Punishment is more expensive than life imprisonment. Capital Punishment is cheapens the value of human life; Racism exists in Capital punishment. Capital punishment is a highly controversial and emotional subject. Thus it should be abolished. Capital Punishment is unfair, unjust and immoral. Elementary justice requires that the judicial functions of trial and sentencing be conducted with fundamental fairness, especially where the irreversible sanction of the death penalty in this world. (Bedau) There has been good number of evidence to show that courts have been biased, unfair, and some extent discriminative or racially biased. Capital Punishment is unjust to the mentally ill people as well. The people who are legally classified, as mentally retarded should not be executed for their actions because these people do not know what they are doing, and the court system should not take their life away. According to Amnesty international " At least 45 people diagnosed as mentally ill or with mentally retardation have been executed in the US since 1983". (59) I do not see any sense in executing someone who does not understand what he or she has done; it is equivalent to killing a baby. Capital Punishment is a manifestly unfair form of punishment, and for this reason the law of Capital Punishment is unfair and morally wrong and therefore should be abolished from our legal system. If someone has been killed why kill another person for it? Killing is also against the bible and just wrong. If Capital Punishment is maintained, the risk of executing the innocent can never be eliminated. People who are found guilty and sentenced to death row can truly be innocent. According to Amnesty Internation...
