Whether to abolish death penalty   stance: abolish death penalty = life without parole:
Just a cool debate
1. the death penalty conflicts with the Eighth Amendment in the constitution.
2. retribution is another word for revenge based on both definitions.
3. the U.S. executes a small percentage of those convicted of murder, and these defendants are typically not the worst offenders but merely the ones with the fewest resources to defend themselves, showing that the legal system is unbalanced.
4. once an inmate is executed, nothing can be done to make amends if a mistake has been made. Since 1973, at least 121 people have been released from death row after evidence of their innocence emerged showing mistakes had been made.
5. not enough research has been made to except the deterrence effect.