Dit document bevat mijn Engels essay met als onderwerp "Stop capital punishment", met als oproep om de doodstraf illegaal te maken. Het essay is 466 woorden lang.
Stop capital punishment
‘I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1)
Irreparability in the event of an error of justice, 2) Detrimental moral influence of the execution
procedure on those who, whether directly or indirectly, have to do with the procedure.’ - Albert
Einstein.
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is still used against criminals around the globe.
Especially in the United States and Asia capital punishment is very popular. Just like Albert Einstein
said, the abolition of the death penalty is desirable, because such punishment is outdated and does
not deter murder. There are even more reasons why abolition is desirable.
To begin with there are lots of good alternatives for the death penalty, for instance life
imprisonment. The criminal will be his whole life in jail, but in some countries this is different. In the
USA it varies by state. This is a good alternative for the death penalty, because it has the same effect
and the criminal isn't able to do anymore crimes.
In addition, the death penalty is more expensive than life imprisonment. Some people think the
death penalty is cheaper for society, but that's just an illusion. This is because the procedures are
longer, require more studies, more experts, additional hearings, etc. Some death penalty procedures
can even last 10 to 20 years!
Another reason to stop capital punishment is that the judges and prosecutors can be wrong. Even
though they have to be 100% sure until someone will get the death penalty, judges and prosecutors
can be less objective than thought and hoped for. The judge could be racist and someone innocent
would get the death penalty. Also some people are more easily influenced than others. It would be
unfair to punish someone with the death penalty because they have always been influenced by
others.
In conclusion there are enough reasons to abolish the death penalty. We have developed enough
good alternatives for it, for instance life imprisonment. Life imprisonment is proven to be even
cheaper than the death penalty, and the case takes less time which is nice for the victims. Judges and
prosecutors can also be wrong or not objective. If this happens with life imprisonment, that an
innocent person will be locked in jail this is less worse than if it happens with the death penalty. You
can't bring someone back from the death, but you can take someone out of jail. That's why you
should support stopping capital punishment.
(You can do this by support Amnesty, this is an organization that support Human Rights. They also
want to end capital punishment, but they can't do that alone. You can support the organization by
donating or becoming a member. This is the site of Amnesty International:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/)
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