Currently, in the United States, many states are still using the death penalty as the ultimate punishment for specific crimes. I want to show you that not only is the death penalty wrong by current moral standards, but it is not a good determent for criminals nor does it save our tax payers any money.

Our federal laws give the states leeway in their interpretation of the law, and this means that some states use the death penalty and some do not. Those states that do not use it have voted and decided, as a group, that is was wrong. From a Kantianism view, the deliberate taking of life is immoral. I believe that our country's general moral standard is that killing for any reason other than in defense of our self or our country is immoral. We Americans are a diverse group, with many religious and moral...