Death Penalty Con Opening Statement

Opening Statement

Death sentences are imposed in a criminal justice system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent. Most people are innocent and everyone should receive a fair trial instead of receiving a death penalty."Death is... an unusually severe punishment, unusual in its pain, in its finality, and in its enormity... The fatal constitutional infirmity in the punishment of death is that it treats 'members of the human race as non humans, as objects to be toyed with and discarded. A second chance should be given in life before a death penalty. There is no evidence that the death penalty is more effective than the long term punishment. Some states abolished the death penalty because it was harsh and unusual. Not only that, but some people were found Innocent after they were sentenced to death. I believe that this happened in the state of Illinois. This not only happened once, but five times. "Retribution is just another word for revenge, and the desire for revenge is one of the lowest human emotions. To kill the person who has killed someone close to you, is simply to continue the violence which destroys the avenger as well as the offender. That this execution somehow give 'closure' to a tragedy is a myth. Expressing one’s violence simply reinforces the desire to express it. Just as expressing anger simply makes us more angry. It does not drain away. It contaminates the otherwise good will which any human being needs to progress in love and understanding.WE can have the death penalty but we need more of,
• More pre-trial time...
• More experts...
• Twice as many attorneys...
• Two trials instead of one will be conducted: one for guilt and one for punishment.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s own figures reveal that between 2001 and 2006, 48 percent of defendants in cases the death penalty were African Americans.
Death Penalty shoudn’t be the only solution, Court also gives the opportunity of a job. Judges, lawyers, etc. work in the area of law and spent many years in law school to obtain this job. If the court was abolished, there would be many lawyers who will be unemployed and that would lead to an economic disaster.
According to Russ Feinold- "...Since the reinstatement of the modern death penalty, 87 people have been freed from death row because they were later proven innocent. That is a demonstrated error rate of 1 innocent person for every 7 persons executed. Innocent lives are losing their lives everyday; to add to them by the death penalty rate, it”s just wrong. Every human life should is scared. If i was innocent and got a death penalty, the on thing i would care about is not dying. Evin if it costs money and 5 out of 1000 people are innocent, every life counts because that innocent life may be o.
religion also plays a important part in Death penalty. Everyone in taught that they  everyone should be given a second chance, and prison gives that opportunity. If someone is enslaved in prison all his life, he will have time to think about his actions and confess to god before he dies. If he does then he will certainly go to heaven.