e paid for by the public. Once executed the accountability of capital crime may be internalized, but the cost is not. There are ways to internalize the cost of a prisoner, but he has to stay alive in order to do it. Eliminate the death penalty and implement life imprisonment without parole, because it has already been said that there is little proof that it deters capital crimes anyway. This will cut down on appeals, thus costing the taxpayers less. Let these prisoners work off the court cost and perform some sort of retribution for the family of the victim. If these prisoners refuse to do this, then inflict some sort of penalty, such as confinement until he decides to do as he is told. The one, and most important reason for abolishing the death penalty, would have to be its degree of accuracy. It has been seen in several court cases where appeals have set people free that were on death row. With the new use of DNA, and its users getting more proficient Capital Punishment 5everyday, it has been found that 23 innocent people have died in the past under the death penalty.(www.web.amnesty.org) One was too many.With all these things considered, how can today’s society not do away with this cruel and unusual act of putting people, sometimes innocent people, to death. There are many people who think that the government, judges, and juries have the authority, a right if you will, to decide whether a person, a living breathing human being, should live or die. There is only one true judge, he is fair and just and never convicts the wrong person. He and only he has the right to decide if a person should live or die…GOD....
