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Death penalty is such a complex question, that I have a hard time taking sides because I don’t think there’s only a for and/or against.

One of the arguments of opponents against death penalty is the inevitability of sending innocent people, who are wrongly accused.

The awful thing about it is that, according to those whose innocence is proven, the execution has been carried out. Another is the principle of literally doing to criminals what they do to their victims. The penalty for rape cannot be rape, therefore the murder should not be punish with death.

The arguments favoring death penalty is that, it’s the fitting punishment for the abominable crimes and a way survivors gets justice. For some it would mean giving up on justice for crime victims and their families.

They believe that having a functional death penalty law, will help protect the public from society’s worst criminals and bring a closure to the families whose loved ones were cruelly taken away from them.

Currently the prisoners on California’s death row have murdered more than 1000 people. Of those, 229 were children, 43 were peace officers, and 294 of the victims were sexually assaulted and tortured.