The death penalty like abortion is a very controversial issue that most people like to avoid bringing up in conversation. In explaining my views I am in no way trying to change anyone else’s or trying to push my views onto others. This is just why I believe in the death penalty.
When we watched Dead Man Walking in class I had already believed in the death penalty but watching it made my belief stronger. I think that they death penalty is something good. Why should a murder be able to live when the ones he murdered cannot? It just does not seem fair to me. The murder may be sitting in a small box for the rest of his life but at least he gets to wake up every day and live. His family can still come visit him while he is in jail but the family of the victims cannot see their loved ones ever again. Some say that the reason they are against the death penalty is because they want the murder to suffer by just thinking about what they have done but I do not agree with this. I do not think that the murder will think about what they have done or even be torn up about what they have done. I think that to kill someone there has to be something not right with a person and in that they will never feel sorry for what they have done. So keeping them alive will not make them suffer. They took away someone’s right to live so why should he be able to keep his. It may sound like I am seeking revenge but I do not feel that I am. To be the death penalty is not used for revenge it is use for closer. Knowing that the person who killed my loved one(s) is dead will make it easier for me to move on and get over the fact that my family member is no longer with me.
I cannot for sure say how I would react if one of my family members was murdered but I do know that while I was watching the movie I felt angered toward Sean Penn’s character and knew that the death penalty was what he rightfully deserved.
