Death Penalty Necessary
Jarod Wredt
Staff Writer
In the case of Dennis McGuire, an Ohio man convicted in 1994 of aggravated murder was executed Jan. 9. His execution utilized two drugs never before used in the United States.
The people who are against the death penalty are coming from a good place but in reality they are basing their information on feelings instead of facts.
The death penalty is a necessary because the people that are on death row are there because they killed other people. No mother should have to worry about her child getting ambushed and assaulted.
Manufacturers in Europe have banned American prisons from using their drugs in executions, prisons are now trying to find new ways for painless lethal injections.
The death penalty is a highly debated topic that was probably started with the first death penalty. Now a days, prisons are overcrowded. It costs the government money that it doesn’t have and in 1981, it was ruled that overcrowding falls under cruel and unusual punishment.
The death penalty is a partial solution. It shrinks the number of prisoners and frees up some money for the government to use. It would also help prisoners. Some prisoners entirely regret what they did and it haunts them forever. McGuire said to CNN "To my children, I'm sorry. I love you. I'm going to heaven and I'll see you there when you come.”
There has also been controversy about using new drugs. Inmates are saying that using “untested drugs” is a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Drugs and painkillers are painless and it are better than methods throughout history.
Even though the death penalty is changing it doesn’t mean there is a need to take a step back to more unethical options.
