The problem currently at hand is whether the death sentence is still a viable and ethically correct form of punishment. This is a very significant problem as life is held in such high regard. Human life is valuable, no matter whom the holder is. If it is a crime to take a person's life in cold blood then it should be a crime to eradicate this person as a form of punishment. Many people believe …showed first 75 words of 982 total…

…showed last 75 words of 982 total…Correspondent video on Timothy McVeigh. I now believe that the death penalty is too severe punishment for a crime. Even though some atrocities are committed, human life is a valuable gift and should not be taken for granted. We must not abuse it and try to reform those members of the public who have chosen the wrong paths in life and it is of my opinion that imprisonment is a more suitable form of punishment.