THE DEATH PENALTY

The death penalty has been argued over for ages, yet it has always been accepted as necessity not as just a need for vengeance but also to keep as a threat to those who are tempted by crimes that would require condemnation. But regardless of your opinion, the Idea of death row always strikes a nerve. The Idea of a person committing murder makes them seem inhuman, but after they have been charged and they are sitting on death row waiting for justice we see the human side of them, the emotion, pain, and anguish of the torturous pressure of knowing retribution is coming.
Dianna George addresses the way these situations are portrayed and used in popular culture. These situations are used as a tool to catch a reader's attention and to display a wide variety of ideas that generally circulate around execution. Many ideals are related to racism, politics, and justice, but regardless of the reason they are condemned, the sole purpose of all executions is fear. And I think this is the main emotion that all media plays off of. It makes you think, Is a persons life worth retaliation, or justice, or prevention? Sometimes, I think that for the purpose of justice or prevention that the death penalty is a necessary evil. It is an ugly solution to an even uglier problem.