Summary:
Debates the issue of capital punishment. Considers the effectiveness of the death penalty. Describes under what conditions its use should be condoned.
When I was asked, "are you for or against the death penalty" I thought, that the answer to such a trivial question should be relatively easy. What a naïve conclusion that was. Once I started to do bit of a research, I have found out, that this task is much more complex and complicated, than I thought. First of all, there are two simple answers to this question, yes and no. Behind each of these simple answers is whole "pile" of good and heavy arguments. It would be easy to state, that the society is not developed enough to take such a responsibility, or, killing is always killing. I have to say, that I am for death penalty, and I am about to explain why.
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