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In Support of the Death Penalty
One afternoon in 1994, Megan Kanka,
a little girl of 7, was riding her bicycle outside her home in New
Jersey when a neighbor asked her if she wanted to see his new puppy.
He then took her into his home, raped her, and strangled her with
a belt. The man, a twice-convicted sex-offender called Jesse Timmendequas,
was sentenced to death in 1997. For gruesome murders like this,
the death penalty is the only appropriate punishment. Justice is
only served when the death penalty is given to a criminal who has
cruelly taken the life of another person. Besides, by executing
those who murder innocent victims in cold blood, society can prevent
future murders. Also, the possibility of executing the innocent
by mistake is dramatically reduced by the appeals system that is
in place today for defendants in death penalty cases as well as
the availability of advanced forensic technology and DNA analysis.
Therefore, we should put a stop to executing
criminals.
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