"Death Penalty"

I found this article,Resistance to death penalty growing,online at the Chicago Tribune, it is written by Tim Jones. The author expresses that people think about death penalty whether repealing it or stopping it because of high costs in America. According to this article, thirty-seven states admit the death penalty, twelve states do not admit and New York's was announced it is illegal in 2004. About the costs, taxpayers spend their money for imprisonment, police officers and to prevent from a lot of crime. But, there is pros and cons about death penalty from vote. Richard Dieter said that America can't remove it,but American think about it seriously. Also, Ernie Chambers who is the opposite side of death penalty expresses people must consider resisting death penalty. So, to resist death penalty is growing and big issue in America now.

In my opinion, government should abolish death penalty. To kill human by human is so bad because human can't kill human's life and we don't have the right to kill human. Also, human can't judge human. But, a lot of country admit the death penalty including America. In Japan, we have the death penalty and the way is hanging. From old days, we killed human as death penalty by stake and decapitation and so on. Now, some executioners who is the officer to kill a person who was given death penalty pull the lever to hang a person from many levers at the same time. So, they don't know which lever worked. This means they don't know who killed a person. Also, from the law, death penalty doesn't apply a person who is under 18 years old and have lunacy which is mental illness. And about pregnant woman, death penalty apply after childbirth. A person who is under 18 years old can escape from death penalty even though a person killed someone. This idea is paradox. I don't understand how difference about the age. The fact which human kill by human is true. I think Japanese government have to abolish the death penalty. In stead of death penalty, they should give only life imprisonment although we must pay tax to maintain prison. Even though so bad murder, a murder have a right to live the rest of life in prison and have to regret and apologize for victim by living in prison. I think to die is easy by death penalty but murder have to think what he or she did though the rest of life. So, I disagree with death penalty and I hope people think about life and government abolish every country.

Yumi