A Policy You Would Change

A Policy You Would Change
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A Policy You Would Change
If I had the chance to change one domestic policy in the United States, I would change the death penalty policy. Is it fully justifiable to take the life of a human being on the basis of a crime they have committed? According to me it is unethical to kill a fellow human being based on a crime committed. I can’t help but think about all the individuals who are usually affected by these death penalties starting from the police officers who do the killing, to the convict and the family members of the murder victims. Having the police officers murder the convicts is unethical and affects them mentally since most of them do not do it out of free will.
Another major reason for choosing to change the death penalty policy is because some of the convicts come from a vulnerable group or are usually wrongfully convicted or both. Some of these convictions are usually made based on racial bias (Bowers, 1993). For example, in a case between a black man and a white man, where the latter is the accuser, the black man is more likely to lose ...