Death Penalty We say terrorism and murder is illegal and immoral. We claim it is the wickedest thing on Earth. We hope we never have to witness it or live through its pain. So why are we allowing these murderers to walk our streets and destroy more innocent lives? Why don’t we rid our world of these disgraceful felons? The death penalty should be a necessary form of punishment in all contemporary societies. Although some people may say it is unethical to take a life other than our own, it is utterly essential to put the death penalty into action as soon as possible. The death penalty is a necessary form of punishment in present-day society because it potentially saves lives, prevents future acts of crime, and criminals commit felonies knowing the consequences for their actions. Although you are taking one criminal’s life, you could be saving tens, hundreds, even millions of innocent lives. Source B, “The Case for Torture” by Michael Levin, says “Torturing the terrorist is unconstitutional? Probably. But millions of lives surely outweigh constitutionality. Torture is barbaric? Mass murder is far more barbaric. Indeed, letting millions of innocents die in deference to one who flaunts his guilt is moral cowardice, an unwillingness to dirty one’s hands. If you caught the terrorist, could you sleep nights knowing that millions died because you couldn’t bring yourself to apply the electrodes?” Now this may be disturbing to some, but these statements are incredibly true and should be applied to our society. By doing exactly to the murderer what he has done to those who are innocent, you are ridding our world of those who have no place being here. Also, in Source E, “Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate” by Adam Liptak, it states that “according to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives. For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3 to 18 murders are prevented.” This study clearly proves that the death penalty has the potential of saving the lives of innocent people. The death penalty should be utilized for those who undoubtedly deserve it in order to protect the millions of acquitted people. By removing those who cause the most harm to our world, we prevent future acts of crime from taking place and create a safer, more promising life for the innocent. Source B agrees that “torture [is] an acceptable measure for preventing future evils.” By applying the death penalty to murderers and terrorists, we are able put an end to their ability to harm innocent people, especially large numbers of them in populated areas. Source B also says to “torture only the obviously guilty, and only for the sake of saving innocents, and the line between “US” and “THEM” will remain clear.” The death penalty should be utilized only when an obviously life-threatening or critical situation is at hand. Furthermore, Source B argues that “someday soon a terrorist will threaten tens of thousands of lives, and torture will be the only way to save them.” This type of situation could be avoided by applying the death penalty to terrorists and murderers now to rid them from our world and keep this problem from taking place. The death penalty needs to be considered more frequently in order to prevent the death of more harmless