The death penalty is one of the most controversial sentences in U.S history. This sentence is usually reserved for capital crimes, such as murder, federal crimes including large-scale drug trafficking, treason, and other specific aggravating factors.

Many groups are divided on whether the death penalty is a fair punishment. On one side of the debate, they believe the death penalty is flawed, defined by bias and error, and violates human rights.

While others believe the death penalty is the best possible punishment for a severe crime. They believe that this capital punishment is essential to punish those who commit severe and heinous crimes.

Even law enforcement is divided on this matter. Most believe that the death penalty is a waste of resources and that it does not make communities any safer.

Since these are the people that oversee death penalties and work with them up close, hearing that it has many flaws and is dysfunctional makes people even more opposed to the death penalty.

In the past, many judges have mistakenly sentenced innocent individuals to the death penalty, ending in countless losses and suffering.

For example, the case of Tommy Lee Walker was exonerated seventy years after he was executed by the electric chair at 21 years old.

This leaves people questioning whether the death penalty is really accurate or effective.

With plenty of evidence that the death penalty is flawed, the U.S government still authorizes it.

So, many individuals take matters into their own hands, resulting in many protests and movements.

Some of these death penalty movements date back to colonial times, which shows that the death penalty has been a reoccurring and ongoing conflict in society.

Despite many people arguing against the death penalty and what it has done, the government will continue to allow it, believing it makes them seem stern and rigorous.