Death Penalty

I believe the death penalty shouldn’t be allowed in today’s society. It makes no sense in my opinion to take a life to prove that killing is wrong. Another form of punishment needs to be found, one that won’t leave everyone disappointed. Religiously, I believe we are not supposed to kill one another, we leave that to the higher power. Instead, when someone commits a murder, we punish them to the best of our ability. They do deserve their second chances. However, if they go beyond this second chance is a story we will not go into. I firmly believe that when a murderer dies, for natural reasons, they will have a God to answer to, and if they haven’t changed their ways they will receive their just punishment then. However, we must give them a chance to change their ways. They don’t have the ability to fully realize what they have done if we kill them.
This issue is highly controversial however, but I am glad that not too many people are supporters of the death penalty. If they were, I wouldn’t have a chance to meet my cousin. When I was very young, my cousin and his friends beat someone up to the point where they were killed. Fortunately he was only given a prison term, but this prison term was very long. No, what he did was far from correct, but I would truly love to meet this cousin one day. Though it would be sometime after I graduate from college, I know that I have family that has a chance to change and I can help them. I know nothing about him I’ll admit, but I would like to.
If he were dead right now, I wouldn’t have the chance to help him change, or even meet him. I would be losing someone in my life that may have been important. Yes, he did this to someone else, but does that really make it right to do the same thing? I’m fortunate that he didn’t get the equivalent of his crime, and I believe he is too. Hopefully he realizes the blessing he has been given and changes. That is my hope for all of those who get a second chance.