How would you argue against these pro-death penalty points?

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no to death penalty, let the evil person suffer a long miserable life in a dungeon with just a bowl of rice and a cup of water to eat every day with no communication from the outside world.
should not cost more than a dollar a day.
 
- The death penalty gives closure to the victim's families who have suffered so much
- Prisoner parole or escapes can give criminals another chance to kill (they could also kill in prison)
- the system shows more sympathy for criminals that victims (as in the fact that the criminal gets to live while victim died a horrible death)
- DNA testing and other methods of modern crime scene science can now effectively eliminate almost all uncertainty as to a person's guilt or innocence.
- It gives prosecutors another bargaining chip in the plea bargain process, which is essential in cutting costs in an overcrowded court system
 
- It doesn't bring back the victim.
- Escapes are relatively rare and people out on parole are supervised.
- That's debatable. I don't think a lack of revenge is the same thing as being overly compassionate. the criminals lose their freedom.
- It's entirely possible for an intelligent criminal to plant evidence to get someone else in trouble.
- Um. Right. What about the appeals process?
 
1. A life sentence can also bring closure to the victim's family. For this to be a valid point, only the victim's family could impose the death penalty
2. A life sentence without possibility of parole will eliminate your concern for parole, I don't think it is reasonable to assume escape as it is very rare.
3. The system does not show more sympathy for the criminal. You might argue that the criminal does, but the only truly valid argument for the death penalty is revenge.
4. DNA testing has not eliminated errors in evidence or errors in prosecution. To me eliminates "almost all uncertainty" is not good enough for me if I am the defendant.
5. Cutting costs is not a good excuse for a bad defense and we would be much more successful in cutting costs and eliminating our overcrowded system if we were to end privatized prisons that are rewarded for keeping people in prison and being much more careful in which crimes are considered serious enough to warrant prison time. It is an absolute disgrace that our "free" country has the highest rate of incarceration in the industrialized world.
 
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