“The death penalty is murder and should be abolished. Do you agree?”

When one commits a crime, he or she will bound to be sentenced to a certain degree of punishment be it light ones like fine or heavy ones like jail imprisonment or worse death sentence. Talking about the death penalty or also called capital punishment, it brings back about the long old debate on whether the death penalty should be use as a punishment to criminals. “The death penalty is murder and should be abolished. Do you agree?” I disagree and feel that death penalty is not murder and it should not be abolished.
The death penalty is not murder because it is placed there for a reason, a good reason. It is a form of “education” but in the most forceful way. Sometimes an impact must be made in order to convey the message across. In this case it is the message of not to execute wrong-doings for example drug trafficking, murder and many more. The result of it is the life of another, so do not do it. If you do, you are attempting to rid the life of somebody else. And so how about helping you end your life since you could not even spare a thought for others whose life are taken away forcefully because of your wrong-doings. This message is a very important one; everybody has to know and needs to take it seriously. This is a life we are talking about now. If one cannot treasure the life of others, he or she has no right to have one. There is no point as he or she does not know the ultimate value of it. Furthermore, if he or she is left to live on, more innocent lives are at stake. Since the person had shown the ability to do it, he or she will do it again if the need arises. So the death penalty serves as a form of omitting criminals and thus protecting the welfare of citizens. In this form, it is the sacrificing of one that saves many. It is thus essential. With this getting rid of criminals, the society is left with responsible and civic-minded people where everyone can live harmoniously.
It is in place as a form of deterrent. When people know that the consequence is that serious, they will think twice before acting it out. It instills fear in them. It prevents crime rate to a certain extent and act as a really useful tool to keep potential criminals at bay. Hence it protects the welfare of citizens indirectly. This is important as it is this unbearable consequence that helps maintain law and order. With these reasons, it showed that the death penalty should not be abolish since it is useful in the societal level.
I feel that the death penalty is just a form of killing as a means of protection. We cannot use “murder” because it is too strong a word to describe the killing involve. It is just the mere ending of one’s life, not the notion of wanting someone to die and leave in an ugly manner. This is why I feel that it is not murder and should not be abolished. If it is lifted, criminals may take advantage of it to do more of those dreadful acts and yet remain alive, posing a threat to the society. This is definitely undesirable. The death penalty itself is a heavy penalty, hence the execution of it must be thought through very clearly. I feel that humans are humans and they do make mistakes. I will try to give first-time criminals an opportunity to turn over a new leaf since this could be just a mistake that they made then. However, they are supposed to go through all sorts of rehabilitation to correct themselves so as to prevent and avoid possible mistakes that they could make again in the future. And if they repeat, I think it is time that their crimes should be brought to justice.
Death penalty is not murder and should not be abolished.