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...t comes to terms of the death penalty. However others argue that “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth” gives the okay for capital punishment. I believe they are giving criminals the easy way out by sentencing the death penalty. Most criminals would argue that they would rather seek capital punishment, rather than spending the rest of their life behind bars. Criminals should have to suffer for the crime they committed, not let off by dieing. Secondly, I believe taxpayers spend way too much money with the death penalty. On average, a case that seeks the death penalty will be appealed at least three times. This means that the taxpayers must pay for the same trial to be heard three times. This is a very expensive practice. Also, the average convicted murder spends 12 years on death row. If supporters of the death penalty are positive enough to kill the person for committing the crime, then the supporters should be confident enough to execute them in a timely manner. Why spend the taxpayer’s money keeping these inmates in jail for so long? Taxpayer’s money should go to better society, not to accommodate a prisoner that is going to end up dead. Then there is always the chance of the innocent being in the wrong place at the wrong time. A handful of evidence from a strong lawyer could sentence someone to life in prison, and even the death penalty. One could be spending and ending his life in captivity for simply walking down the wrong street on the wr...