This Essay Is an Argument Against the Death Penalty

The death penalty should not be used as a form of punishment in the United States. The punishment that should be used is life imprisonment without parole. Not only is the death penalty immoral but it also is irreversible. The fact that innocent people have been exonerated leads one to believe that other innocent people may have been executed. If these people had been serving their life imprisonment sentences they would still be alive.
Statistics dating back to 1973 show that 121 people have been released from death row because new evidence was found that proved their innocence. …