Death Penalty

Recently, a serial killer in Korea who raped and murdered over ten women was caught by the police and was sent to the court. Due to his brutal crimes, the court decided him as guilty and declared life imprisonment. However, the majority of the citizens in Korea was not happy about the court's decision because they thought that life imprisonment was not enough for the suspect's crimes.

On the day of the final trial, the court sentenced the suspect to death. I was surprised with the court's decision because for the past several years, no one was ever declared death from the court in Korea. Many of the people thought that the court made the right decision, but others thought that it was the wrong decision to make.

In my opinion, I think that death penalty is not necessary in our society. Executing the criminals is just as same as criminals killing innocent people. I think that sending criminals to death penalty is a just another different type of murder. Rather than sending the suspects to death penalty, I think that it is a better idea to sentence the suspect with life imprisonment so that they can truly regret for the actions they made outside of prison.

All lives of people are important, and everyone has people around them that cares about them and loves them. I thnk that this would be the same with the criminals also. Despite the fact that they are a harm and a danger to our society, there whould be families and friends who value them as much as we value our friends and our families. Even the serial killer in Korea that was sent to death penalty wrote letters to his son about how much he cares about his son and how much he loves him.

Although he is known to be one of the most brutal serial killer in Korea, he is still a man with family. I am not saying that punishment is not needed in our society. If one makes a crime, he or she deserves the punishment that the court declares. However, I think that sentecing the suspects to death is just way too much. I hope people start thinking about if we really need death penalties in our society.