"The death penalty is not a deterrent, it is a murder" Do you agree?

I agree that the death penalty is a murder.

The main intention of the death penalty is to punish criminals who have committed serious crimes such as murder and act as a deterrent to others so that other people will not commit murder. However, I feel that death penalty is unnecessary as it does not really decrease murder cases. Many murder cases occur as the murderers receive huge blow which have a huge impact on their minds. This causes the murderer to go 'insane' at that point of time and commit murder. Therefore, death penalty cannot act as a deterrent to other people when they are not in their right mind when they are going to commit murder.

Many people may feel that criminals must be sentenced to death as the criminals had killed people and it will only be 'fair' if they die too. I feel that people will say that as the criminals are not related to them so they will think that death penalty to ensure fairness. I feel that if criminals received death penalty, their families will be the one that will suffer. The family members will be despised by other people and also, they will have financial problems if the breadwinner of the family is the one who gets the death penalty.

I also feel that the murderers should not be hanged and instead they should be given punishments whereby they can repay their crimes and contribute to the society. Death penalty seems to be an easy punishment for the murderers.

In conclusion, I feel that as the world is progressing, it is beginning to 'rot' too. People become more selfish and there are many temptations that cause people to commit crimes. Therefore, i feel that there is no way to reduce murder cases unless the world stop progressing-which is impossible.