Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Beyond the Death Penalty; What happens when values and economics collide?
To kill, or not to kill? Now that's a question. Although its said that it's not in our hands to decide who lives or dies, the death penalty is given to killers in at least 36 states. This is more than just moral values. States are beggining to stop the death penalty because of the costs."It's cheaper to imprison killers for life than to execute them, according to a series of recent surveys." Values come back into place, when another reason is becuase if you eliminate capital punishment, you elimate the risk of executing an innocent person. An example of values and economics colliding is occuring right now. Our economy is weak, and the more i learn in AP eco, the more i realize how our situation could turn into a depression. If someone were to be given the death penalty at this point it would be a complete waste of money; money that could be used towards something else. I'm against the death penalty becuase a judge and jurors should not be in charge of deciding who should live or die, no matter was the criminal did.
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I agree with most of what you're saying, especially when it comes to what is happening to our economy; we should be wise as to what we spend our money on.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you're saying when you say that you don't think a judge and a jury should decide whether or not someone should live or die. If you read my response, you'll see that I was kind of conlicted when putting my opinion down on that one.
i agree too with a lot of what you're saying. i think a lot of people mentioned our failing economy in this prompt. It's interesting still though to me that our country is basing a solution to this issue (which is so controversy) based on simply money. it's funny how our country is using this as a possibly motive for solution.
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