By punishing murderers with the death penalty, society is also guilty of committing murder. Therefore, life in prison is a better punishment for murderers. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge.

It is generally said that
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penalty
is a barbarian punishment even though the prisoner is a murderer or has performed serious assaults
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against
other humans. Plenty of
people
argue that
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in order to be more civilized we must seek
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better ways of reforming
criminals
while others claim that liberating society from those
people
is a better option. I personally feel that the
death
penalty
is one of the worst punishments for
criminals
,
this
essay will discuss my opinion and
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social implications
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First
and foremost,
criminals
with charges for killing must be punished for a long time, the worst
penalty
for someone is a lifetime in confinement. While the
death
penalty
is a useful manner of releasing society of
criminals
like murders or
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, it is a short term punishment that would release that person from any other type of sanction.
Furthermore
, the person injecting the
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lethal
legal
dose will become
also
a homicide and, if the prisoner turns out to be innocent after
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police investigation, family members of the suspect will present legal demands against
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and governments. A more useful
penalty
for a killer, after
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his implication in the crime, would be a lifetime in prison but in confinement, without interaction with other
people
. Some will argue that
this
castigation is more inhumane since a human being in complete isolation could become insane but, drawing from their charges it would not be a terrible sentence. Another situation to take into consideration is that
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most assassins never change their
behavior
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and even in prison their presence is dangerous for the other inmates. There are different types of crimes and sometimes prisoners find redemption throughout their life behind bars, but
this
situation is only possible when the criminal performed a low standard crime.
For instance
, a penniless man who
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a store to buy food for their family is likely to shortage his sentence and do not hurt anyone inside prison.
However
, in the case of killers or
people
who perform
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crimes, the possibility of redemption is almost inexistent. Reaffirming my position, I do not think that we must end their lives,
instead
, we must create
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worst punishment so in the future other
criminals
think twice before committing
such
terrible actions. All things considered, killing someone else is a terrible action for every human no matter
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who is performed. For
this
reason, I would argue that the
death
penalty
must not be
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legal action in any country,
instead
, new forms of penalization should be implemented
accordingly
to the crime and with proper judgment in front of justice.
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  • capital punishment
  • irreversible
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