I am writing this paper to show that without the death penalty, although maybe we do not directly get punished for it, many people such as families of the victims, or future victims no longer feel safe. I will be going over defenses such as, wasting the government’s and tax payer’s money, safety and security of victim’s families, and prevention of future murders.
The amount of money spent on keeping prisoners who have tortured many, fed, clothed, and guarded is insane. In New York the city pays $31,286 per year just for one inmate (New York Times). In Florida it is $17,338 per inmate (dc.state.fl.us). Plus some of these prisoners are in for life due because they killed or raped innocent people.
Let me asked you this, if you saw a starving man on the street would you give him any money? Maybe you give the poor man a few dollars, no more than $20 most likely. Now, what if that man told you he was a repeating sex offender, or a serial killer? Would you still give him money? The government is doing this with your tax money, and not even giving a choice about it. Does that seem okay to you? Another point I would like to make is that families and friends of the victims of these homicides go through year after year of sadness and mourning, knowing that their friend or their family member was taken too soon, by a man or woman who eighteen states would not allow to be killed for what they had done.
An example of a man who felt great relief in seeing his daughter’s murderer put to death is Frederick Anthony Romaro. His parents are on many drugs just to keep themselves calm. It carved away at them for years. Is death not an appropriate punishment for that? Had the killer, Oken, remained alive, in a cell, Fredrick and his parents would have been among the tax payers keeping him alive. Fredrick states “It won't bring closure, Dawn will never be back. I'm not looking for closure. That's a bad misconception on the part of some people. I...