Capital punishment is a heavily debated issue that has caused great division within our nation. It has been a practice that has been carried out for centuries, but is still something that many people consider morally wrong. I am one of those people. It is absolutely absurd to take another person’s life, regardless of the situation. The United States’ Declaration of Independence gives every person the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” If so, then why are some people excluded from this promise?
Even though criminals choose not to abide by the laws, everyone should not be stripped of their rights as a human. A murderer is a human, a rapist is a human, and even though they have done some wrong things they deserve to live in prison for life. It puzzles me why the judiciary system in the United States claims that criminals should be receive proper punishment for their crimes such as murder, but instead of making them sit in a prison for the rest of their life, they are being taken out of their misery of life by being executed.
To help ensure that capital punishment is abolished, try as hard as you can to write your local governors, or sign as many petitions as possible regarding the death penalty. The governor of Wisconsin, Jim Doyle, can be written to at his Madison Office at the address P.O. Box 7863 Madison, WI 53707. To talk on the phone, he can also be reached at 608-266-1212. Other places that you can make a change are online by signing petitions at three websites: www.petitiononline.com, www.thepetitionsite.com, or www.petitionspot.com. Please do everything you can to help change this horrible act and abolish capital punishment in the US for good.
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