Are you for or against the death penalty?

Are you for or against the death penalty? In the article “Death penalty is dead wrong: It’s time to outlaw capital punishment in America – completely” by Mario M. Cuomo, it’s clear his against position and has good arguments to convince you to believe in his opinion. In the United States the death punishment is allowed and practiced during much time, in difference to my country, the Brazil, which this penalty does not exist. “Because death penalty proponents have no other way to defend this policy, they cling unabashedly to the blunt of the ancient impulse that has always spurred the call for death: the desire for revenge” observed by Mario M. Cuomo.

Thus, in my opinion the true reason from death penalty is revenge and it only promotes the violence. So, violence generates violence. Also, I believe anyone has the right take life from the other person, even if this person took to the life from the other. Life was given to us by God and only He can take it from us. Besides, a killer or guilty person probably has mental problems or other health problems that begin during your life, and the problems can be resulted from a difficult childhood, education and adulthood. Therefore, this person needs the help to overcome your problems and become a better person and no the death. In conclusion, I will let the an interesting argument from the article by Mario M. Cuomo “We need to continue to do the things that will control crime by making the apprehension and punishment of criminals more effective and more precise. We need adequate police and prisons and alternatives to incarceration. We should also have a tough, effective punishment for deliberate murder. There is a punishment that is much better than the death penalty: one that juries will not be reluctant to impose; one that is so menacing to a potential killer, that it could actually deter; one that does not require us to be infallible so as to avoid taking an innocent life; and that does not require us to stoop to the level of the killers”.

References: < http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/death-penalty-dead-wrong-time-outlaw-capital-punishment-america-completely-article-1.961087>