Miriam Mendez
Writing for the Social Sciences March 31st, 2022

The Debate of Death

The death penalty has been around since the Colonial times. In other parts of the world, the death penalty was merely beheading. As time went on, criminals have been put to death by hanging, shooting, electrocution, poison gas, and lethal injection. Today, all states that have the law of the death penalty use lethal injection. As a human living in today’s society, do you believe the death penalty is a just punishment? Some might say it is, some say it’s cruel and nobody should be put to death for their actions. However, some actions, no doubt, deserve a certain punishment like the death penalty. The death penalty is justified and is known for inforcing and preserving law as well as structure.

Body 1: Demonstrating how the death penalty is justified.
Body 2: The other side: Demonstrating how the death penalty is cruel and unfair.
Body 3: The pathos side of the argument: How innocent people get framed and be sent or nearly sent to their death.
Conclusion: Wrapping everything up and ending it with the thesis.

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