From 1977 to 2016 1,436 people in the United States were executed due to lethal injection. Most of the time, this type of punishment involves the execution of murderers, however it can also be used for other crimes such as treason (betraying your country) or espionage (spying on your country). People that support this issue say it’s an important tool to help prevent crimes, that people should be harshly punished for their actions, and it can help provide families that have lost a loved one find closure. People against this issue say it gives the government the power to take away a human life, it can lead to targeting people based on their color or gender, and a lifetime in jail is more severe than injections.
SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE ILLEGAL ? WHY OR WHY NOT? RESPONSE MUST BE AT LEAST TWO PARAGRAGHS!!!!!