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Capital Punishment Helps The Victims' Families Achieve Closure

The document discusses arguments for and against capital punishment. Three key points are made in favor: 1) It provides closure for victims' families who no longer have to fear the criminal's return. 2) It deters crime by instilling greater fear of punishment than life imprisonment. 3) It prevents the accused from committing further crimes while incarcerated or after escaping prison. However, one example shows how prisoners in the Philippines were able to live luxurious lifestyles behind bars through bribery, undermining arguments that life imprisonment ensures protection of society.

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Capital Punishment Helps The Victims' Families Achieve Closure

The document discusses arguments for and against capital punishment. Three key points are made in favor: 1) It provides closure for victims' families who no longer have to fear the criminal's return. 2) It deters crime by instilling greater fear of punishment than life imprisonment. 3) It prevents the accused from committing further crimes while incarcerated or after escaping prison. However, one example shows how prisoners in the Philippines were able to live luxurious lifestyles behind bars through bribery, undermining arguments that life imprisonment ensures protection of society.

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1. Capital Punishment helps the victims' families achieve closure.

The death penalty can also help provide closure for the victim's family and
friends, who will no longer have to fear the return of this criminal into society.
They will not have to worry about parole or the chance of escape, and will thus
be able to achieve a greater degree of closure.
A lot are looking forward to the death penalty and a lot are also disappointed in
the system'
Other victims' families deemed the decision a 'mockery', that 'justice is not done'

2. Death Penalty deters crime.


The state has a responsibility to protect the lives of innocent citizens, and enacting
the death penalty may save lives by reducing the rate of violent crime.

The reasoning here is simple- fear of execution can play a powerful motivating role
in convincing potential criminals not to carry out their acts. While the prospect of
life in prison may be frightening, surely death is a more daunting prospect. Thus,
the risk of execution can change the cost-benefit calculus in the mind of
murderers-to be so that the act is no longer worthwhile for them.

3. Execution prevents the accused from committing further crimes.


The death penalty is the only way to ensure that criminals do not escape back
into society or commit further crimes while in prison.
While in prison, it is not uncommon for those receiving life in jail sentences to
commit homicide, suicide, or other crimes while in jail, since there is no worse
punishment they can receive. Putting dangerous murderers in prison endangers
other prisoners and the guards who must watch them.
The other advantage of execution is that it prevents the possibly of an escape
from prison. Even the highest security detention facilities can have escapees.
Thus, the only way to be absolutely certain that a convicted murder can no longer
hurt others is to execute them.
4. For some prisoners, life was really more fun in the Philippines – even behind
bars.
Government authorities confiscated over P1 million in cash during body searches
of 16 convicts. They also found a gamut of other things that are supposedly not
allowed inside Bilibid: “shabu” and other illegal drugs, firearms, drug
paraphernalia, firearms, flat screen TVs, sex toys, pornography, luxury items,
and even a stripper bar and Jacuzzi spread.
They can easily bribe the guards and pay them a big amount of money. Those
poor guards would just agree because of fear since these criminals would
threaten the lives of the guards and their families. These prisoners still have
access outside the bars and are still even doing illegal transactions inside the
prison. Do you think that they still deserve to live? Do you think that this is just
and fair? These criminals did horrible crimes and they they are living in luxury
since there is no greater punishment than life imprisonment as of the moment.
But if we approve of death penalty, these criminals will no longer live. They will
no longer contribute harm and disorder in the society.

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