People have argued that the death penalty is wrong, and that it wastes thousands of tax dollars a year.  The state of Texas is a firm believer in the death penalty.  I believe that if you are going to sentence someone to life in prison, then you should just execute them.  It is a waste of money to hold a criminal in there for life rather then just to execute them, so that you can put other criminals in their places.  You must think about how you would feel if your son or daughter was raped, or killed, and the criminal gets a life sentence.  If it was me I would want that person to die, and I think that the criminal would rather die then to die in prison confined.  I agree with the fact that the death penalty is a waste of money, but aren't we wasting money by holding a criminal in prison until they die?  There is no right and wrong when it comes to the death penalty, because everyone will have their opinion about it.  Executing someone to prove that murder is wrong is rather ironic, but depending on the severity of the crime, the punishment should fit it.  Maybe the rapist should get raped, maybe the theif should get their property stolen, maybe the arsenist should get burned to death. But if we did those things would they be moral and just or maybe even humane? If we just execute criminals, we wouldn't have to worry about them getting out and commiting the same crime again, and then we could move on and take care of the other criminals in the world.