Peter Wagogo

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Death Penalty Death penalty is an immoral act because it is irreversible unjust. Life is sacred, and no one should take it because people can change their lives for the better. Death is irreversible, and people have only one life. Death sentence takes any opportunity people could have to atone for their past transgresses. Moreover, the justice administration system is not always accurate. At times, the judges and juries may convict the innocent and impose the unwarranted punishment. It is impossible to return an innocent life, even if the justice system recognizes the error. In the case of Donald Marshall, who was jailed for more than ten years for a murder he never committed, the justice system showed its flaws and inability to distinguish the innocent people. Marshall was an innocent man whose death would have been a burden both for the judge and the justice system itself. However, since he was only sent to jail and not condemned to death, his sentence was quickly reversed after enough evidence was collected. Therefore, the death sentence is a wrongful act that should be replaced with life imprisonment due to its irreversibility. Moreover, death sentence is unjust and ethically wrong. When an individual kills someone, the best penalty is not to kill the culprit, but to try to establish a way of helping them after they receive the deserved punishment. For example, the justice administrators do not steal from thieves or rape the rapists. Such practices would be demeaning and illogical. Repeating the act only makes the justice system normalize the crime. In addition, it would be excessive brutality. The death penalty takes attention away from the casualties and focuses on the criminal. Instead of rectifying the criminal, this form of punishment creates terror and pain. There is no human way of killing. Therefore, killing a criminal is unjustified and immoral. Death penalty gives no room for change. Justice system aims to offer justice to the victim and punish the criminal. It has been shown that many people who are jailed for wrongdoing change for the better by the time they get released. For example, most people imprisoned for robbery become educated in prison and try to improve their lives after living prison. Such programs enable them to find work and earn a living after their sentence ends. Therefore, people who are sentenced do not have the chance to become. Life is sacred, and no one has the right to take it, not even a judge. The Bible states that life is a gift from God, and when someone dies, the soul goes back to the creator. Therefore, only God has a right to take a person's life through natural death. The death sentence is a murder, even if it is delivered as justice. Therefore, by definition, people who execute the death penalty are also murderers. Due to the sanctity of life, even criminals should be allowed to experience natural death. Therefore, the death sentence should not be practiced in such a developed country as the US. Instead, imprisonment could allow people to atone their sins and find justice if the evidence shows their innocent. Killing a person is unjust and morally wrong. Besides, it does not give room for correction. The sacredness of life also implies that nobody has a right to take another person's life. Therefore, death penalty should be eradicated because death is and irreversible and unjust act that violates the sacredness of life.