Death penalties are different in different countries. Some countries have abolished it, while others have not. In this debate, we want to allow the death penalty. A death penalty, also known as capital punishment, is a state-sanctioned practice of killing a person as a punishment for a crime. Our burden is that If we can prove that by not banning death penalties, we can reduce crime rates, we win. We are willing to trade off a few innocent lives for a safer society. We would allow the death penalty in all the states, and we would execute criminals by injection to cause less pain for them. ?

Now, I will talk about our specific contentions.

Contention I. Criminals

The death penalty is an appropriate retribution and deserved punishment for really horrific crimes. Criminals who commit capital crimes have reached a point where rehabilitation is impossible and for some life in prison might increase criminal behavior. One of the most common justifications for the death penalty in the Western world is that it acts as a deterrent of capital crimes, as the fear of death and the horror of the execution might prevent people from committing serious crimes. The death penalty is a necessary tool to fight and deter crime and that capital punishment deters crime by causing would-be murderers to fear arrest and conviction and by preventing convicted murderers from killing again.

We argue that death row inmates have been exonerated, proving that the checks and balances to prevent innocent people from being executed are in place and working well, almost eliminating the chance that an innocent person will be executed. If that happens, we are willing to trade off a few lives of innocent people to punish more guilty people, instead of letting everyone live and then causing more crimes, which would cause bigger life-losses.

?We think that ‘a(chǎn)n eye for an eye’ is appropriate, the punishment should match the crime, and that the penalty is needed as a moral balance to the wrong done by the criminal.

The death penalty, therefore, prevents crimes for recurring and protects society.

Contention II. Overpopulated prisons

Overcrowding is a consequence of criminal justice policy not of rising crime rates, and undermines the ability of prison systems to meet basic human needs, such as healthcare, food, and accommodation. It also compromises the provision and effectiveness of rehabilitation programs, educational and vocational training, and recreational activities. The excessive use of pre-trial detention, and the use of prison for minor, petty offenses, are critical drivers of prison population rates.

Overcrowding, as well as related problems such as lack of privacy, can also cause or exacerbate mental health problems, and increase rates of violence, self-harm and suicide. Prison overcrowding is one of the key contributing factors to poor prison conditions around the world. It is also arguably the biggest single problem facing prison systems and its consequences can at worst be life-threatening at best prevent prisons from fulfilling their proper function.