Do you think that the death penalty is a better punishment than life imprisonment?

Many western countries have abolished the death penalty and only have life imprisonment for serious crimes. However, some people in these countries have been calling for it to be reinstated again. The death penalty should be reinstated again because people feel that it is a good punishment. I agree with this statement and I would like to state my reasons.

Life imprisonment is a waste of money for the government. If a large number of convicts were to be sentenced to life imprisonment, the government would have to spend more money building prisons and buying food. It is not worth wasting money on these people who had harmed society, it is much better to spend it on helping the poor and disabled people.

Life imprisonment is not a good solution for criminals who have committed serious crimes. It is a waste of time for convicts because they either spend decades in prison or will be caged until the day they die. Even if they finish their sentences, it will be hard for them to get a job and be accepted back into society. For example, some convicts chose to be executed instead of being sentence to life imprisonment, stating that being in jail forever is as good as being dead. Some convicts have the mentality that prison is like a home to them, where all they can do everyday is to eat and sleep. If they were to be released from prison, they would go back to their old habits again.

The death penalty is also a good deterrent because it gives a serious warning to the public in order to prevent them from committing more crimes. A murderer has to pay with his life and this will make people think twice before committing serious crimes. For example, in Russia, murderers and drug traffickers will get life imprisonment but people who commit terrorist acts and assassination of government officials will be executed. The Russian government uses the death penalty to issue a warning in order to prevent terrorisms from spreading across the country.

It is because that life imprisonment is a waste of money and not a good solution and that the death penalty is a good deterrent, I feel that the death penalty is a necessary punishment and it should be reinstated again.