Death To Capital Punishment.

I believe the United States should stop the use of capital punishment. According to PBS "The first death sentence historically recorded occurred in 16th Century BC Egypt where the wrongdoer, a member of the nobility, was accused of magic and ordered to take his own life. During this period non-nobility was usually killed with an ax." The Human race regardless of ethnicity or beliefs has evolved from the primitive thought we once had. We should change our punishment system to follow how civilized humanity has become. Even for such vile crimes like murder. What would be worse for a criminal then life without a chance of freedom? Not to mention the cost of how much it takes to support the death penalty. The California Legislative Analyst's office estimates that California would save $150 million a year if it replaced the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole. That is California alone imagines how much the United States could save and put towards school, roads, and infrastructure. There is also the issue of the wrongly convicted and getting sentenced to death. According to NAACP "Between 1973 and 2016, 156 people who had been sentenced to death were subsequently determined to be innocent. During the same period, 1,142 people have been executed." While this may not seem like many that are 156 innocent lives taken because of the punishment given. there is also the case of the race with there are 63 people on federal death row, and 37 are people of color. There are many issues with the death penalty and we could fix a lot of this with getting rid of the death penalty.