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Supporting a Position First degree, murder should not be acceptable in the United States. To protect innocent people, and to scare possible criminals, capital punishment should be used as a method of punishment. Death will clearly and permanently incapacitate a criminal and prevent them from committing any other offence. Criminals given life without parole will not keep them from killing prison staff and other inmates or taking hostages so they can escape. These criminals have nothing to lose by continuing to kill or escape from prison. Capital punishment would remove the worst criminals from our society. This will be cheaper and safer for the public, than giving the criminal life without parole. The dead criminals will no longer be able to commit any further crimes. If capital punishment is enforced we are giving life a price tag. Someone takes a life, then that someone must pay with a life. If they are only given life in prison then they will not hold life as being valuable. Only going to jail seems to be unfair. Getting life in prison only gives the criminal three meals a day, a cot to sleep on, cable T.V. And are able to befriend another inmate. While incarcerated they are able to go outside, something that the victim will no longer get to enjoy because of them. Criminals are able to work and make money. They are supposed to be punished for the crime they did, but this is not punishment. They get to live a decent life while behind bars, and they do not deserve it. Capital punishment should be practiced to ensure that justice is served and to give the victims family peace of mind. As stated above, a life is worth a life. The family of a murdered victim may want the criminal to have their life ended. Wanting the criminal put to death should not be used as a form of vengeance. When a criminal has been executed,the victims families can heal in ways they may not be able to if the criminal was still alive and possibly able to escape. If given the death penalty, it is given by someone that is neutral to the case. There is no vengeance in it.