The Death Penalty is, as it has been since its inception, a highly controversial topic. As seen in the past election, California is split at 53% for the death penalty - almost a perfect divide. The death penalty remains in effect this year as voters passed proposition 34. Our group has taken a pro death penalty position because of the unethical punishment entailed by life in prison without chance for parole (the proposed alternative to the death penalty). Many families of victims feel the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for criminals who commit the most heinous of crimes. Our group believes the death penalty is a reprieve from life in prison without parole. A criminal sentenced in this fashion becomes a dead individual in the eyes of the government, as well as society. A prisoner is forced to suffer the rest of his life in prison no matter what, with no chance of redemption or escape. The death penalty is, admittedly, a flawed system as it stands. Instead of eradicating the death penalty, it simply needs revision to expedite and streamline the process, according to many officials. All in all, our group retains its pro death penalty position as it stands today.
- Connor Moser
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