Topic > until the day they can leave and live freely. Supporters believe that killing these criminals will reduce crime and ensure that criminals will never commit a monstrous crime again. Many parolees can take advantage of their release and actually cause more crime and danger. But if criminals are put on death row, this also sets an example for others and could prevent petty criminals from moving on to more serious crimes. The pen of death... in the center of the paper... freezes, instead of being used for the death penalty. The best alternative is life without parole, not the death penalty. Death is quick, but the prison sentence lasts years. We must let go of the past and let go of barbaric punishments. It's 2014, not 1800. The death penalty is violating our Eighth Amendment and technically violating our rights as Americans. We have the right to remain innocent until proven guilty, but in some cases the death penalty can automatically accuse someone of being guilty and just like that, someone could lose their life due to injustices. despised because we are violating human rights with the death penalty. Many other countries in Western Europe, North America, and South America have abandoned the death penalty in their criminal justice systems.