Hello everyone, this is Estelle Vogel death penalty expert and I would just like to say, Thank you Governor for giving me the opportunity to speak on the death penalty/ controlling crime. I would like to begin my analysis of whether to abolish the death penalty in the state Ellieland by giving my opinion of effectiveness. The definition of effective according to Webster’s Dictionary is “Producing a result that is wanted: having an intended effect.” Now by knowing this definition, the major question is, is the death penalty effective? Does the death penalty produce the desired result that publics want? The desired result is for Capital Crimes to be reduced and for tax dollars to be used correctly. I believe that having a death penalty is place is effective on these terms and without it we will not get the ‘desired’ results. The death penalty keeps society safe, deters other criminals, and it is more cost effective than life in prison. The moral response for all this, is we should protect our law abiding citizens rather than protect our violent, capital crime, offenders. The hardline has to be drawn somewhere and the death penalty is this hardline for effective crime control. Although Mr. Bradley Wilson makes sense of some of his view points, like “Mercy is morally valuable trait.” His views complicate the matter rather than simplify the case. The topic of mercy he uses throughout his five points is too abstract and difficult to debate. For example, maybe it is more merciful to kill someone under so much physiological stress than to keep them locked up. Leading them to eventually hurt themselves or someone else again causing more punishment and stress to be put a pond them. So trying to have mercy to violent, troubled offenders isn’t always in their best interest to keep them alive and suffering.
Since safety is usually a number one priority in U.S. society.