He uses seven arguments generally heard by the opposition to refute it in his essay. He admits that the death penalty is barbaric; however, he rejects that the only way to deal with injustice is the death penalty. Furthermore, he admits that very few major democratic countries use the death penalty; however, not many countries are plagued by high homicide rates. Koch uses ethos as he says, “as a district leader, councilman, congressman and mayor…” to provide background on his origins and character. Throughout his essay he cites statistics and great thinkers to give credibility to his work such as: Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Montesquieu and Mill, Washington, Lincoln, Franklin and Adam Bedau. Furthermore, many of his rebuttals rely on logos. Like Koch he logically dismantles the first opposition to the barbarity of the death penalty, explaining that there is no other punishment adequately adequate to punish the crimes of cold-blooded murderers. He intentionally uses victims who are women and teenagers to gain an emotional feel for the reader. The story of Kitty Genovese who was attacked and killed while her neighbors moved away