Toulmin Argumtn

Benefits of the Death Penalty to the Society

Crime is everywhere, and it is increasing day by day. Wherever we look, we find criminals and crime. Criminals have become a part of our daily lives. We cannot just sit and watch them doing anything they want to our society. Eliminating crime and criminals is our duty, and we cannot ignore it. Getting the rightly accused to a just punishment is very important. Some criminals commit a crime because they have no other option to survive, but some do it for fun. I am not saying that we should give death penalty to everybody who commits crime. A person, who stole bread or anything from a grocery store, definitely does not deserve death penalty. Death penalty should continue in order to eliminate the garbage of our society. Not everybody deserves to die, but some people definitely do. I support death penalty because of several reasons. Firstly, I believe that death penalty serves as a deterrent and helps in reducing crime. Secondly, it is true that death penalty is irreversible, but it is hard to kill a wrongly convicted person due to several chances given to the convicted to prove his innocence. Thirdly, death penalty assures safety of the society by eliminating these criminals. Finally I believe a life for a life, not as taking revenge but protecting society from further crimes and saving lives.

Deterrence means to punish somebody as an example and to create fear in other people for the punishment. Death penalty is one of those extreme punishments that would create fear in the mind of any person. Everybody fears death, humans, even animals. Most criminals would think twice before committing the crime knowing their lives will be at stake too. There is no statistical evidence that shows that death penalty deters crime, but we have to agree that most of us fear death. If there is no death penalty in a state and life imprisonment without parole is the maximum punishment. The prisoner might commit another murder in prison that...