"In relation to free will, some criminals are suffering from mental illness or are having clouded judgment at the time of the crime," accourding to Crystal Lombardo - Chief.  Even though the illness might not be present we must assume there could be one. 

"Maintaining each death row prisoner costs taxpayers $90,000 more per year than a prisoner in general population," a member from the deathpenaltyinfo page. $90,000 is a lot of money and is not being used correctly. Using taxpayers money on a death penalty case is not beneficial. 

Attourney Quality is also a big factor. Most criminals are poor which leads them with a non-experienced defending attourney. "Perhaps the most important factor in determining whether a defendant will receive the death penalty is the quality of the representation he or she is provided. Almost all defendants in capital cases cannot afford their own attorneys. In many cases, the appointed attorneys are overworked, underpaid, or lacking the trial experience required for death penalty cases," a member from the deathpenaltyinfocenter said.

-Alex Homan

We are in a generation where studies show that crime is out of control and we have to worry about crime and our safety towards others. The absence of the death penalty or not enforcing is a synonymous to crime rate increase. 

The United States of America often has a lot of crime happening in the states a few being California and Texas which have the most crime and both  have the death penalty but is very rarely used. The states that do not have the death penalty like minnesota and Iowa do have crime and their crime rate is not far behind from states that do have the death penalty as evidence show from the Neighborhood Scout. We need to control the crime and we are insane for not enforcing the death penalty. It can stop more than just murder, also arson, robbery, and rape yet People say that the death penalty is inhuman. If compared to what these criminals do it is no where close to inhuman. 

According to a rough dozen studies from a article from the New York Times in 2007  “for each inmate put to death the studies say that 3 to 18 murders are prevented. While trying to eliminate the effects of crime rate, convictions rates and other factors say that murder rates tend to fall as executions rise.”

The death penalty is still cheaper compared to the cost of life without parole. Although there is no contention that the cost is high, life imprisonment is cumulatively higher given the expenses for food, health care and other cost of sustaining the lives incarcerated individuals serving life.

Crime is out of control and is getting harder to control every year, the only way to decrease crime and have better control over it is having all states have the death penalty and enforcing it.

-Nathan De La Torre