The majority of American citizens consider the death penalty to be a morally justified form of punishment for criminals, although there is growing discontent. Despite being such an avoidable topic of discussion, almost every American has their own opinion on the topic. The death penalty has the uncanny ability to polarize even the closest of friends. The inner turmoil that comes with the idea of ​​capital punishment is enough to dissuade most ordinary citizens and even politicians from facing the truth. For this reason, capital punishment is an important but untouched topic. The death penalty balances life and death, so it should not be ignored. It can be argued that capital punishment violates the Eighth Amendment, which states that if one intends to commit murder, or any other crime worthy of deciding one's life, the punishment of life imprisonment is already well known and much more bearable than a Almost instantaneous execution. With instant execution, criminals must fear death rather than the other possibilities that accompany life in prison, such as escape, retrial, and plea bargaining. These criminals who end up in prison for the rest of their lives are left to carry on the legacy of their horrific actions. "Life imprisonment simply means that the criminal is still around to haunt the victim. A death sentence concludes a horrible chapter in the lives of these (Messerli) family members." Perpetrators of abhorrent and abhorrent crimes are left to fill the minds of victims or their families, never letting the pain subside. Katherine Alexander writes in her article "there is support for the death penalty as a means of giving victims' families closure." In her opinion, too many are permeated by thoughts of the terrible things that have been done to them and their family