The death penalty is not a deterrent,it is murder. Do you agree?

Yes.Death penalty is not a deterrent, it is murder.

First things first- no human being is God.In other words,no human being has the right to take away a life. Then of course people argue that in cases of murder, the guilty has already taken a life. But what we have to realise is that in almost all cases-even if the guilty person was supossedly in his senses during the murder-he is mentally unstable.This can either be seen in the medical point of view or what i call the "human-being" point of view.Which human being will want to kill another?More often than not, something in the person snaps before he does such an act.So will killing this person really help?

The death penatly is in many ways inhumane.We always hear people talk about how cruel olden day methods of killlings were , but think of it-is the electric chair,death by hanging or the most "human" lethal injection any better? We have all heard about cases that have gone wrong and then only do we realise how inhuman this whole thing is.So rather than killing the guilty, would it not be better to give him treatment or counsilling instead? The government-especially in Singapore- always stress on giving ple a second chance-we see posters encouraging people to employ ex-drug additcs because they too are human and deserve a second chance at life.Then why should these 'murderes' be any different? Another thing goverments should invest on rather than the huge electicity bills thanks to the electirc chair would be the study of the brain of a murderer. Maybe after all the studies, they can actually help to prevent people from becoming like this. Then there would no longer be the need for such a debate.

Another thing that is extremely unfair is when the death penalty is given to a perdon who is caught posessing drugs. Many a time, people turn to drug trafficking due to their extreme poverty-how then can the state be so 'heartless'?

There is no doubt that the death penalty is an excellent way to warn people not do carry out such acts and is also a way for the victim's family to feel satisfied as their 'revenge' has been taken with the murderer's death.But I still feel that the death penalty is not the way to go which is probably why if i ruled the world, there will be no such thing as the death penalty.